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Committee recommends permission for homeowner to remove street tree at his expense
Summary
Keene municipal committee voted 4–1 to recommend allowing Howard Mudge to remove a healthy street tree in the right-of-way at 9 Evergreen Avenue if he pays for removal and the city approves and plants a replacement tree to be maintained by the city.
Committee votes 4–1 to recommend resident-funded removal of a healthy right‑of‑way tree at 9 Evergreen Avenue after staff said the tree posed no imminent safety hazard. Don Lucey, the city’s public works director, told the Municipal Services, Facilities, and Infrastructure Committee the tree is on public property and that city code requires council permission to remove it.
The decision matters because the tree stands in the city right‑of‑way; the city maintains any replacement tree. Lucey said staff would only remove a tree without council permission when it is an imminent…
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