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West Miami approves first reading to create citywide tree trust fund, moves second reading to May 7
Summary
The City of West Miami approved on first reading an amendment to its zoning code allowing developers to pay into a city tree trust fund when landscape requirements cannot be met; the measure passed 4-0 and will return for second reading May 7.
The City of West Miami Commission on April 11 approved on first reading an ordinance to allow an optional pay-in-lieu to a citywide tree trust fund when landscape requirements in the zoning code cannot be met.
The measure, introduced as an amendment to the City of West Miami Code, Chapter 12 (Planning and Development), and to the adopted zoning ordinance (section 4.3(c) and section 4.32-4, Landscape/Open Space), would permit developers to deposit funds into a municipal tree trust that the city would use for planting…
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