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Draper Tree Committee moves to add city planting specs to guide, debates numeric removal rule for sidewalk-lifting trees
Summary
The Draper City Tree Committee agreed to pursue a fast track of adopting city planting specifications into its street tree guide and debated a contentious numeric rule that could prompt widespread sycamore removals; members recommended using consulting arborists and drafting a resolution and process for sidewalk-lifting trees.
The Draper City Tree Committee on Feb. 3 moved to incorporate the city's planting specifications into the committee's street tree guide and spent much of the meeting debating a proposed removal guideline that would trigger tree removal when trunk size and park-strip width meet a numeric threshold.
The committee agreed it would be faster to amend the tree guide and pass a council resolution than to wait for a full code update. Staff reported planting standards and landscaping details are posted on the city's planning and engineering web pages and can be referenced in the guide; a staff member said the guide could include explicit planting specs for city projects so contractors and developers follow the same standard.
Why it matters: Adopting the city's planting…
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