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Grand Island advisory board presses for clearer tree law language and an administrative enforcement path
Summary
Advisory-board members reviewed a redlined tree-law draft and urged clearer definitions to protect public safety while preserving ecologically valuable dead trees; the group heard that the town is pursuing an administrative (noncriminal) enforcement procedure for dangerous trees and property nuisances.
The conservation advisory board examined a redlined draft of a local tree law on Feb. 26 and recommended clarifications aimed at preserving ecological benefits while allowing the town an administrative remedy for hazardous trees and abandoned properties.
A Lawmaker (speaker 1) summarized why the town sought an administrative, corrective process rather than criminal enforcement: the criminal-code approach requires personal service and a court process that is impractical when owners are unreachable. "We took that Cheektowaga law. I made it into a Grand…
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