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West Miami adopts tree-trust option allowing pay-in-lieu for required landscape when planting not feasible
Summary
Commissioners adopted amendments and passed a second reading adding an optional pay-in-lieu to a new City Tree Trust Fund; the ordinance caps payment schedules at 20 years and sets per-acre prorated rates for commercial parcels. The vote was unanimous.
The City Commission of West Miami approved the second reading of an ordinance establishing a City Tree Trust Fund and permitting an optional pay-in-lieu when required on-site landscape cannot be installed.
City Manager explained amendments requested after the first hearing, saying staff had “capped the period of pay of the payments at 20 years” and adjusted the per-acre prorated payment…
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