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Rowlett planners recommend approval of tree-removal permit after developer removed trees before permit was issued
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend the city council approve a tree-removal permit for property in Rowlett Business Park after staff said contractors removed trees before permit approval; the developer must mitigate removed protected trees via inches-of-caliper mitigation or payment to the city reforestation fund.
The City of Rowlett Planning and Zoning Commission on April 8 recommended that the City Council approve a tree-removal permit and related mitigation for a property in Rowlett Business Park after staff said contractors removed protected trees before obtaining a permit.
City staff member Liliana Morinon told commissioners the permit request concerns property in the Rowlett Business Park (lots described in the agenda) and that a compliance review showed 48 trees originally on the site. Of those, staff said, 30 trees were protected under the development code and 24 of those…
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