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Gladwin council adopts rewritten tree ordinance clarifying city and property-owner responsibilities
Summary
The Gladwin City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 97 on Feb. 2, 2026, repealing and replacing Chapter 97 to define 'public,' 'private' and 'boundary' trees, make trunk-base location the determinative factor for responsibility, and set when the city will pay for tree maintenance or removal.
The Gladwin City Council on Feb. 2 adopted Ordinance 97, a comprehensive rewrite of Chapter 97 of the city code that seeks to clarify which trees the city is responsible for maintaining and which remain the property owner's responsibility. The motion to adopt the ordinance was offered by Council Member Darlington and supported by Council Member Crawford; a roll-call vote recorded ayes from Caffrey, Crawford, Darlington, Esiline, Gutierrez, Platt, Smith and Winarski and Mayor Sarah Kile declared the ordinance adopted.
The new ordinance defines key terms and establishes a single standard for classification: a tree’s classification and the resulting…
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