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Council ordains amended tree preservation ordinance, adds stop-work authority for tree warden
3257376 · May 8, 2025
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Summary
Following committee amendments, the Somerville City Council ordained a change to the city's tree preservation ordinance that adds a stop-work order mechanism to be administered by the tree warden and returned the measure to the municipal code.
The Somerville City Council voted to enroll and ordain an amendment to Chapter 12, Article 6 of the city's Code of Ordinances to modify the tree preservation ordinance. The ordinance changes were recommended by the committee on legislative matters after more than…
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