Committee approves temporary exemption for city infrastructure from Tree Protection Ordinance
The Finance and Executive Committee adopted a substitute ordinance exempting specified city infrastructure projects from the City of Atlanta Tree Protection Ordinance until a new ordinance is adopted, while requiring on‑site replanting to the maximum extent feasible and payment into the city's tree trust fund for uncompensated removals.
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The Finance and Executive Committee on an amended substitute on Oct. 12 approved an ordinance exempting most City of Atlanta public infrastructure projects from the Tree Protection Ordinance until the council adopts a new tree ordinance, while requiring projects to plant replacement trees on site to the maximum extent feasible and to contribute recompense payments to the city’s tree trust fund for removals that cannot be replaced.
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