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Staff recommends moving public-tree rules from land-use code to street code to allow operational flexibility
Summary
City staff recommended transferring public-tree maintenance provisions from Title 18 (land-use) to Title 12 (streets/sidewalks) so City Council and public works can respond more quickly to staffing and maintenance needs; commissioners asked for additional analysis because related tree provisions are scattered across code chapters.
Staff told the Planning Commission on Jan. 27 that council-level discussions had raised the prospect of moving public-tree maintenance rules out of Title 18 (land-use code) and into Title 12 (streets/sidewalks) so changes to maintenance practice would not require repeated Type 4 legislative hearings.
"The recommendation is I want to start the…
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