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Board allows removal of two palm planters at 3634 Twentieth Street after split neighborhood testimony
Summary
The Board of Appeals overruled DPW and granted a homeowners association permit to remove two palm trees and planters at 3634 Twentieth Street without replacement, finding the planters functioned as fixtures and raised ongoing public‑safety and nuisance concerns; DPW had recommended repair or replacement of containers.
The Board of Appeals on Sept. 10 granted an appeal allowing the removal of two windmill palms and their wooden planter boxes at 3634 Twentieth Street, deciding that the palms and containers are fixtures and that removal without replacement was permissible in this case.
Homeowners Association representative Greg Gabwood told the board the containers have created persistent problems — daily trash, graffiti, loitering, human waste and drug paraphernalia — and argued new containers or replanted boxes would not eliminate those…
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