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Work session: staff briefs members on court ruling, tree-ordinance change and multiple variance requests
Summary
At a work session, staff said a court allowed removal in a prior tree-variance appeal and that the city council approved text changes to the tree ordinance; members reviewed several variance requests and withdrawal notices and discussed specimen-tree removal and enforcement questions.
At a work session, staff told members that an applicant who previously lost a tree-variance request had appealed to the Cap County Superior Court and that the court ruled to allow the applicant to remove the tree. Staff said the written findings were not yet available and asked the board to request a copy so it could better understand how the court applied the criteria. "The court did rule to allow them to basically remove that tree," staff said.
Staff also reported that the city council approved a text amendment to the tree ordinance the night…
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