San Benancio Road Oak Restoration: County Reviewed Plan to Replant 14 Trees

SAN BENANCIO, Monterey County — October 29, 2026. County planning records show a proposed restoration project involving 14 coast live oak trees at 113 San Benancio Road. The County of Monterey scheduled the administrative permit item for January 7, 2026, under PLN210328 / AP 26-002.

What did the county review?

Planning staff recommended a restoration permit to plant 14 coast live oaks and resolve a specific code-enforcement case, 21CE00261. The original application concerns a site of approximately 0.99 acre within the Toro Area Plan. Staff recommended four conditions and evaluated the matter as a restoration/compliance activity under the California Environmental Quality Act.

Were the trees actually planted?

The agenda alone does not verify planting or a completed inspection. The staff report explains that absent opposition by the specified deadline, the administrative permit could be approved after the hearing; otherwise, the matter could be referred for additional review. Those procedures do not establish that planting took place or the code-enforcement case was formally closed. Residents can request the executed restoration decision and follow-up inspection record.

Why this matters locally

Coast live oaks are significant landscape and habitat features on the rural Highway 68 corridor. Replanting can involve species selection, spacing, irrigation during establishment and later maintenance. A permit to plant is not proof that saplings survived or that other parcels are subject to the same requirements.

Primary source: Monterey County Administrative Permit AP 26-002, January 7, 2026. This article reports an earlier planning case, not a newly imposed October 2026 order.

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