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Resident urges New Bern to stop ‘operating in the dark’ on tree-permit, HPC guidance
Summary
At the Nov. 12 meeting Soraya Bliss told the Board of Aldermen the city is effectively requiring arborist reports for tree-removal permits despite no ordinance or HPC guideline mandating them and urged the board to formalize interpretations of HPC rules for transparency and due process.
During the public-comment period at the Nov. 12 New Bern Board of Aldermen meeting, resident Soraya Bliss criticized the city's handling of tree-permit rules and historic-preservation guidance.
Bliss said the city added an apparent requirement for an arborist report to the tree-permit form in 2022, though she said no ordinance or Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) guideline requires one for every removal. She said…
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