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Committee weighs stormwater integration, permit triggers and outreach as bylaw components
Summary
Members discussed tying tree-protection rules to building permits and stormwater review, updated plot-plan requirements, species lists, monitoring, and public education; staff were asked to identify permit triggers and to draft outreach materials and data-capture workflows.
Committee members discussed how a tree bylaw should integrate with existing permitting and the town's stormwater rules, how the town should identify and count trees, and how to educate residents about the new rules.
Staff said the town's stormwater work already requires calculations of on-site retention (the example used is one inch of runoff from impervious area, with a proposed increase for some surfaces) and that the bylaw could be integrated into building-permit workflows rather than creating a separate permitting track. "When a permit is applied for, it is possible that the town engineer can calculate how much water will be on-site will be displaced as a result of the new construction," a staff member explained; the committee discussed tying tree…
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