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Board allows removal of specimen tree at Parkridge Drive, citing owner hardship and arborist reports
Summary
Brookhaven's appeals board voted 4‑1 to permit removal of a specimen tree at 3035 Parkridge Drive after the owner and private arborists presented structural‑integrity tests indicating safety risk; the approval requires standard mitigation and replacement measures.
The Board of Appeals on Aug. 20 granted a variance allowing removal of a specimen tree at 3035 Parkridge Drive by a 4‑1 vote after the property owner and his hired arborists presented tests showing structural cracks and a leaning trunk that they said presented a liability.
Builder Houston Feaster and owner James (last name in file) said the tree's critical roots extend across the lot…
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