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Delafield council approves amended tree mitigation for 805 Wells, adds two hackberries in 4–3 vote
Summary
The Delafield Common Council on Dec. 15 approved an amended conditional use for the 805 Wells development, changing replacement-tree species to musselwood and adding two hackberries on Lake Street. Council approved the amendment on a 4–3 vote after residents and the developer discussed placement and penalty amounts.
The Delafield Common Council approved an amendment Dec. 15 to the conditional use permit for the 805 Wells development that changes the species of replacement trees and adds two additional hackberry trees along Lake Street.
Resident Joanne, who spoke during the citizen-comment period, urged the council to replace removed trees with smaller, Wisconsin-hardy species and proposed two musselwood (Wisconsin red) trees and two hackberries instead of the originally recommended sugar maples. Developer representative Tyler Foster told the council the applicant was open to changing species and placement and had shown the musselwood species in the submitted landscape plan…
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