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Council declares cottonwood a nuisance after chainsaw damage, authorizes abatement and cost recovery
Garden City Council · August 26, 2025
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Summary
Council approved resolution 12-17-25 to declare a damaged cottonwood a nuisance, authorize the city to abate the hazard and seek roughly $2,600 in reimbursement from adjacent property owners after staff found chainsaw cuts and multiple trees limbed.
City Attorney Mr. Wadhams asked the council to declare a cottonwood tree on the North Riverside greenbelt a nuisance after staff discovered residents had cut at the tree with a chainsaw, rendering it unsafe. Mr. Wadhams said the city could declare the tree a nuisance under Idaho statute, abate the…
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