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Manor planning commission recommends removal of two heritage trees, asks council to set fee-in-lieu
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that City Council allow removal of two heritage trees at the Boyce mixed-use site and require the developer to pay a fee-in-lieu, after debate about tree health, parking impacts and mitigation. The recommendation passed 4–1; council will set the fee.
The City of Manor Planning and Zoning Commission recommended on Nov. 13 that City Council allow removal of two heritage trees at a proposed mixed-use development on West Boyce Street and set a fee-in-lieu to offset the loss.
Bo Yin, representing the project team, told the commission the two trees (identified in the backup as tree numbers 89 and 90) exceed the city’s 25-inch heritage threshold and “need to be removed for the development of the mixed-use, three‑story buildings.” He said the trees’ locations would block internal parking and building placement for the planned retail on the first floor and residential units above. “It is blocking the parking lot,” Bo Yin said when describing the effect of tree 89 on the site layout.
Staff and the assistant city…
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