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Reidsville planning staff win board recommendation for clear-cutting ordinance changes; new buffers and short-term exemptions to spur development approved
Summary
Planning staff proposed and the Planning Board recommended a text amendment that reduces some tree-buffer requirements, sets a 25-foot buffer for undeveloped residential parcels, allows full clearing with a development approval within 3 years (residential) or 5 years (commercial) backed by a replanting bond, and retains a three-year denial penalty for unpermitted clearing.
City planning staff presented a revised clear-cutting policy that reduces some existing buffer requirements and adds time-limited exemptions intended to make sites "site-ready" for development while preserving neighborhood and environmental protections.
Under the proposed text amendment, an undeveloped residential parcel would be required to maintain a 25-foot perimeter tree buffer along property…
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