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Residents call on Escambia commissioners to update tree-protection rules after court ruling and stalled questionnaire
Summary
A public commenter urged county leaders to revisit the county's heritage-tree definition and mitigation rules, saying the earlier tree-protection questionnaire and workshop were not completed and that a 2021 court decision weakened protections.
Judy Diaz (identified in the forum as Judy) told the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners that the county's "tree protection standards" questionnaire and related workshop were started in 2019 but dropped because of COVID-19. Diaz said an appeal over an "85-inch" heritage tree at the A Plus Mini Storage site went to court and that a judge's November 17, 2021 decision had the headline "judge ends tree protection," which she quoted from media coverage she said followed the…
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