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Residents and Sierra Club urge council to adopt stronger tree protections in Unified Development Code
Summary
Several residents and local environmental groups urged the Greenville City Council during the public-comment period to adopt the draft Unified Development Code (UDO) provisions that protect trees and prioritize overstory canopy, citing environmental, health and economic research.
Several Greenville residents and environmental advocates used the public comment period at the Sept. 8 City Council meeting to press the council to adopt stronger tree protections in the city's forthcoming Unified Development Code (UDO).
Speakers included Marion Swinker, a retired physician and Sierra Club member; Lisa Mag, a member of the Sierra Club; Amanda Muir, a board member of Friends of Greenville Greenways; and Jeff Monaco, chair of the Cypress Group of the North Carolina Sierra Club. Each urged the council to support the portions of the draft UDO that address trees and vegetation, and several cited peer-reviewed studies and municipal analyses on trees'environmental, economic…
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