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Dobbs Ferry trustees continue public hearing on proposed tree-code changes; planning board review requested
Summary
Dobbs Ferry trustees on May 13 kept open a public hearing on proposed changes to the village tree code and asked that the matter be reviewed by the village planning board before a final vote.
Dobbs Ferry trustees on May 13 kept open a public hearing on proposed changes to the village'tree code and asked that the matter be reviewed by the village planning board before a final vote.
The revisions under consideration would lower the threshold for regulated trees, create an administrative tree-removal permit process handled by the building department, allow shrubs in some cases to substitute for required tree replacement, and expand the village'tree fund as an option for replacement when on-site planting is not feasible, Valerie Manastra, principal planner with Nelson Peltman Voorhees, told the board.
Why it matters: the planning and building staff, along with the Tree Commission and Conservation Advisory Board, told trustees the changes are intended to close ambiguities in the current code and give homeowners and…
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