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Board denies rehearing on Cortland street‑tree removal; Urban Forestry request upheld
Summary
The Board of Appeals denied a rehearing request from an appellant seeking review of a public‑works order to remove two privately maintained street trees at 4008 Cortland Avenue, concluding the new arborist study did not meet the high bar for rehearing.
The Board of Appeals on Sept. 12 denied a rehearing request from Maher Memazadeh challenging the Bureau of Urban Forestry’s July decision to approve removal of two privately maintained street trees at 4008 Cortland Avenue and to replace them with a single 24‑inch box tree.
Appellant counsel Francisco Gutierrez said an arborist study of the Columbia (Platanus) variety — prepared after the…
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