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Council removes property-owner penalty clause from proposed public-trees ordinance
Summary
Councilmembers debated Section 53.07 of the proposed public-trees ordinance and directed staff to delete subsection B (property-owner duty to remove) from the ordinance; council then approved the ordinance with that subsection struck.
The Dayton City Council on April 22 discussed proposed revisions to the city’s public-trees ordinance and removed language in Section 53.07 that would have explicitly required some private property owners to remove diseased trees or face code enforcement action.
During consent-item review, council members raised questions about a line in Section 53.07(A) referring to public health, safety and welfare and a…
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