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Planning commission backs stronger protections for 'grand trees,' recommends 1:1.5 buffer and arborist exceptions
Summary
Staff proposed and the commission recommended increasing protection for identified 'grand trees' from a 1:1 protection radius to a 1:1.5 ratio, with the county arborist authorized to grant case-by-case exceptions; the change is aimed at reducing post-construction decline in older oaks and other large trees.
York County staff presented evidence on Nov. 10 that the existing tree-protection fencing standard (a 1:1 ratio: one inch DBH to one foot of canopy/radial protection) is not adequately protecting older, large-diameter 'grand trees'—particularly white oaks—adjacent to construction. Peter Kacicky, the county’s resident landscape architect, recommended raising the protection ratio to 1:1.5 for grand trees and leaving…
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