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Parks commission reviews draft tree ordinance as step toward Tree City USA standards
Summary
Commission members reviewed a sample tree ordinance based on Tree City USA materials, agreed to circulate the draft to the city arborist and legal staff, and discussed an Arbor Day proclamation and community-forestry budget target.
Commissioner John on Jan. 7 presented a sample tree ordinance drawn from Tree City USA guidance and asked the Dayton City Parks Commission for feedback before legal and arborist review.
John said he used the variant that omits a separate tree advisory board because Dayton does not have one; he recommended the commission review definitions, enforcement language, and preferred-species lists. "I chose the variant, the without tree advisory board version of the tree ordinance because we don't have a specific tree advisory board," John said, adding that the draft used…
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