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Shade Tree Commission to exchange final approval for early review under proposed city code changes
Summary
City administration proposed moving final approval of landscape and subdivision plans from the Shade Tree Commission to the Planning Commission; commissioners discussed securing early review, an ex officio maintenance liaison, and access to work logs to preserve commission input.
City administration has proposed shifting final approval of landscape plans, subdivision plans and certain street landscaping from the Shade Tree Commission to the Planning Commission, and the commission discussed ways to retain meaningful involvement. The move was described at the July 10 meeting of the Athens Shade Tree Commission as an effort to consolidate approval steps that city staff say exceed the three approvals mandated by state law. Commission members and city staff said the change would likely reframe the commission’s role from issuing final approvals to providing an early review and formal recommendations to planning. Commission members said the change raises concern that the commission’s input could be lost if it arrives after…
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