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Converse council approves first reading of revised tree-preservation ordinance, adds drought-planting deferral
Summary
The Converse City Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 6062025 to replace the city's tree-preservation code. The draft simplifies density rules, adds a fee-in-lieu and a process to defer planting during severe drought, and requires bonds to guarantee deferred plantings.
Converse, Texas ' On Feb. 4, 2025, the Converse City Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 6062025, a rewrite of the city's Chapter 18 environment provisions governing tree preservation and replacement.
The measure, introduced as a consolidated rewrite of the city's tree-preservation and replacement rules, is intended to simplify definitions and compliance calculations, add a tree mitigation fee option and to allow a temporary deferral of required planting during severe drought.
Assistant City Manager (presenting) said staff "brought a draft preservation rate that was simplified, the definitions that were added, a tree affidavit option, we clarified terminology and added a tree mitigation fee." He…
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