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Council considers city’s first tree conservation designations; two trees nominated under new ordinance
Summary
The Tree Commission asked council to designate an American sycamore in Quarry Park and a privately owned large white oak on East Jefferson Street under the city's new tree conservation ordinance; commissioners said designated trees receive special protections and owners must make reasonable efforts to preserve them.
The Charlottesville Tree Commission asked City Council on Feb. 2 to make the first two formal designations under a recently adopted tree conservation ordinance: an American sycamore in Quarry Park and a privately owned white oak on East Jefferson Street adjacent to the Nicholas Lewis House.
Bitzy Waters, the Tree Commission chair (stepping down as chair at the meeting), described the Quarry Park specimen as "130 feet tall" and said the sycamore is the third largest of its…
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