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Committee unanimously approves technical revisions to county forest conservation law
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Montgomery County Transportation and Environment Committee voted unanimously to accept technical amendments to bill 18-25, aligning local code with state changes and restoring the prior definition of "tree" after public concern about a new 1-inch-caliper threshold.
Montgomery County Transportation and Environment Committee on Monday approved technical revisions to bill 18-25, the planning board's update to the county's forest conservation law, voting unanimously to accept an amendment that restores the previous legal definition of "tree."
The measure, introduced by Montgomery Planning to align county code with Senate Bill 526 (2023) changes to the Natural Resources Article of the Maryland Code and to clarify several local provisions, was discussed at length by staff and committee members before the amendments passed. Christina Sorrento, chief of the Environment and Climate Division with Montgomery Planning, told the committee the agency had used a 1-inch caliper as a working measurement for enforcement but was "completely fine with the amendment" to revert the definition.
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