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Commission recommends changes to tree ordinance to hold tree contractors accountable and clarify fines
Summary
Planning commissioners voted to recommend a text amendment to the city’s tree ordinance that adds a ‘responsible party’ definition, clarifies fine language, and separates tree-removal penalties from other violations. Staff has also begun contractor outreach and created a public trees webpage.
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended City Council approve a zoning-text amendment to clarify enforcement of the city’s tree-preservation ordinance and to add a defined “responsible party” so that fines for unpermitted tree removals can be directed at tree contractors as well as property owners.
Planner Cameron Dunn told commissioners the change responds to an increase in tree-removal…
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