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Council committee forwards substitute to exempt some city projects from tree ordinance after public opposition
Summary
A substitute ordinance to temporarily exempt city-run public infrastructure projects from Atlanta's tree protection ordinance was forwarded to the Finance Executive Committee with no recommendation after public commenters urged the committee not to exempt public projects.
A substitute ordinance to exempt certain city-administered public infrastructure projects from Chapter 158, Article 2 of the City of Atlanta Code (the tree protection ordinance) was forwarded to the Finance Executive Committee with no recommendation after hours of public comment and committee discussion.
The substitute, sponsored by Councilmembers Marcy Collier Overstreet and Dustin Hillis, would exempt public projects administered by the Department of Watershed Management, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Enterprise Asset Management from the city's current TPO until a new ordinance is adopted. It would require the city to pay into the tree trust fund for the replacement value of trees removed beyond those replaced on a project-by-project basis and would…
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