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Draper Tree Committee debates planting standards, removal rules and Arbor Day plans
Summary
Committee members discussed posting planting specifications on the city website instead of including them in code, reviewed tree-removal and risk-assessment guidelines drawn from Salt Lake and Sandy City policies, heard an update on Pioneer Street plantings, and planned Arbor Day activity and a park planting.
The Draper City Tree Committee spent much of its March 3 meeting reviewing tree-planting standards, discussing a proposed tree-removal policy, and planning Arbor Day activities.
Brett Hoffman reviewed committee practice and legal constraints and said the city attorney advised against embedding the new planting-spec document directly into the adopted tree guide because that could create enforceable liabilities for residents and contractors. As a result, staff proposed posting the planting specifications as a standalone document on the city website alongside the tree guide so contractors and…
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