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Committee forwards updated tree ordinance; renames advisory body to Urban Forestry Commission
Summary
The Ordinance Committee sent a revised Chapter 112 (tree ordinance) to the Common Council. Revisions largely align the municipal code with the city’s tree master plan, add definitions (including deputy tree warden), modernize terminology and rename the Tree Advisory Committee to the Urban Forestry Commission.
The Norwalk Ordinance Committee voted Oct. 21 to forward a rewritten Chapter 112 (tree ordinance) to the Common Council that implements language from the city’s tree master plan, tightens planting and legacy-tree standards and renames the Tree Advisory Committee as the Urban Forestry Commission.
Staff urban-forest manager Sarah Cruz told the committee the updates ‘‘come out of the tree master plan’’ and…
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