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Council tightens rules for vacating tree preservation easements, declares emergency
Summary
The council amended Section 167.04 to require Urban Forestry Advisory Board review and to allow council to require replacement easements of greater canopy size or improved ecological value; the ordinance was adopted on third reading with an emergency clause.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Fayetteville City Council on July 15 amended municipal code section 167.04 to add detail and new procedures for vacation of recorded tree preservation easements, including a requirement that applications be reviewed by the Urban Forestry Advisory Board and a new authority for council to require replacement easements with greater canopy area or ecological benefit.
Councilmember Teresa Turk introduced the ordinance changes and said staff, the city attorney and the urban forester worked together…
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