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Franklin staff unveil draft natural‑resource compensation guide; commissioners flag tree replacement ratio
Summary
Planning staff introduced a draft Natural Resource Impact Compensation Guide to standardize mitigation under the UDO; commissioners asked for corrections to a table and questioned the ordinance’s current 0.75 replacement ratio for removed large trees versus the prior 1.5 ratio.
Planning staff presented a draft Natural Resource Impact Compensation Guide at the Parks & Environmental Commission meeting on Nov. 10. The administrative policy was prepared with Birchline Planning and is intended to give applicants clearer expectations for compensating habitat and tree loss required by the city’s Unified Development Ordinance.
Staff told the commission the draft clarifies how to…
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