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Prospect board discusses hazardous trees on private lots, code enforcement options
Summary
Board members reviewed a leaning Norway spruce on property adjoining Innisbrook, discussed limits of city authority for private-tree removal, and explored code-enforcement tools including linking building permits to hazardous-tree remediation.
Prospect Forestation Board members on Aug. 14 discussed resident complaints about hazardous trees on privately owned lots adjoining Innisbrook and considered options for city action under existing code-enforcement practice.
Don Greider (resident) and other board members raised a recent complaint about a mature Norway spruce that is leaning toward a homeowner's backyard and may have sustained root damage during development. The homeowner requested city assistance, and board members reviewed prior incidents involving trees falling across property lines.
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