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Council grants variance to remove heritage trees at 5305 Wurzbach, negotiates mitigation payment

3228322 · May 7, 2025
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The City Council on May 6 approved a variance to allow removal of three heritage trees and one large tree on a 1.43-acre site at 5305 Wurzbach Road and negotiated a reduced mitigation payment to support development.

The City Council on May 6 approved a variance to the tree preservation ordinance allowing the removal of three heritage trees and one large tree at 5305 Wurzbach Road, with a negotiated mitigation payment instead of the full fee-in-lieu.

Planning staff said the 1.43-acre lot is L-shaped and the trees slated for removal are in the building footprint or the proposed parking expansion. The applicant proposed retaining roughly 70% of the site’s…

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