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Ashton Heights Residents Deliver Petition Asking Board to Reconsider Lot-Coverage Study to Protect Tree Canopy

5962409 · October 18, 2025
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Summary

Residents from Ashton Heights handed the board a petition signed by more than 600 neighbors asking the county to include lot coverage limits in the low-density residential study to preserve mature tree canopy and plantable area.

Ann Felker, an Ashton Heights resident of 78 years, presented a petition signed by 609 neighbors asking the County Board to reinstate consideration of lot coverage limits in the county's low-density residential study.

Felker said the county's Forestry and Natural Resources Plan (adopted in December 2023) and a November 2024 work session showed larger houses are increasing…

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