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Woodstock council reduces tree-removal fine for Cardinal Drive property, tables separate appeal
Summary
After hearing the owner's explanation, the council reduced a zoning fine tied to unpermitted tree removals at 307 Cardinal Drive from a staff-recommended amended total to $600 (vacating the remainder) and asked the owners to replant; a separate appeal for trees felled at 142 Bentley Parkway was tabled to allow staff to review newly submitted
The City of Woodstock on Aug. 25 amended a zoning fine for unpermitted tree removals at 307 Cardinal Drive and tabled an appeal for a separate tree-removal fine at 142 Bentley Parkway to allow staff time to review a late-submitted letter from the appellant.
307 Cardinal Drive: staff drew the council's attention to prior permitting history for a 2023 permit application on the property, where staff had requested an arborist report for a large sycamore and no final arborist report was received and the permit did not issue. City measurement staff documented eight removed trees totaling 191 "tree inches" (caliper calculation used by the LDO for multi-trunk specimens), which, at the LDO's…
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