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Redmond previews public-works code updates covering urban forestry, irrigation, cross-connection, cemetery rules and SDC clarifications
Summary
Public works staff previewed several housekeeping and policy clarifications: pruning-height standards for street trees, a tightened irrigation watering window, codified backflow prevention rules aligned with ORS, modernization of cemetery references and permitted decorations, and clarifications on how system development charges (SDCs) are assessed and collected.
Redmond public works staff presented a package of public-works code changes aimed at clarifying existing practice and improving safety and maintenance.
Lindsey Kromsite, assistant city engineer, said the urban-forestry changes will specify pruning heights: 14 feet above drivable roadways and 8 feet above sidewalks, and will update the downtown street-tree maintenance map (last updated in 2005). Kromsite also said the city will add an informal arborist conversation step…
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