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Committee approves tree-fund changes, waivers for affordable housing and staffing boost; Carlucci adds 5-year sunset on waiver

3004727 · April 1, 2025
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Summary

The Land Use & Zoning Committee on April 1 approved a substitute to ordinance 2025-0102 that lowers the replacement-tree size requirement, allows tree clustering with arborist approval and creates a fee waiver for qualifying affordable-housing projects, while directing Tree Mitigation Fund money to staffing and planting.

The Land Use & Zoning Committee on April 1 approved a substitute to ordinance 2025-0102 that lowers the minimum replacement tree size in the zoning code, allows tree clustering with professional approval, and creates a limited waiver of certain tree-mitigation monetary contributions for projects that develop affordable housing.

Planning staff said the original draft reduced mitigation standards in a way that would harm long-term canopy protection, but a neighborhood substitute and a working…

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