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Pflugerville staff present tree-code updates; commission recommends changes to City Council
Summary
Pflugerville staff proposed updates to the city's public-tree code—adding definitions, clarifying responsibilities for the urban forester, tightening rules on prohibited harm and allowing the city to require removal of hazardous trees—and the commission voted to recommend the revisions to City Council.
Pflugerville parks staff asked the Planning and Zoning Commission to recommend updates to the city's public-tree code, a package of changes to Chapter 95 intended to modernize rules last revised in 2012.
Jeff O'Shea, assistant parks and recreation director, said the draft replaces the chapter's purpose and intent language, adds definitions (including certified arborist and urban forester), reduces some responsibilities of the Tree Care Advisory Committee and clarifies contractor requirements and a new prohibited-activities section. "So our code was last updated in 2012... we're really updating based…
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