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Tree advocates press council to adopt a tree‑preservation standard to end clear‑cutting on single‑family lots
Summary
Environmental advocates urged the council to add a negotiated tree‑preservation standard to the city's Tree Protection Ordinance to stop clear‑cutting on single‑family residential lots; a long‑running proposal was described as vetted and ready for council action.
A coalition of environmental and neighborhood advocates urged Atlanta City Council to adopt a tree‑preservation standard to the city's Tree Protection Ordinance that would prevent clear‑cutting on single‑family residential lots and give landowners clearer rights about which trees may be removed.
"We have to end the clear cutting in Atlanta," said Chet Tisdale, an environmental lawyer and…
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