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Brooksville council approves specimen-tree removals for West Bay development after debate over mitigation
Summary
The Brooksville City Council on March 16 approved TR200603, allowing specimen-tree removals tied to phase 1 grading for a large West Bay residential development, 4-0, after negotiating tree-mitigation terms and staff conditions including 3-inch DBH replacements and five-year survival requirements.
The Brooksville City Council voted 4-0 on March 16 to approve TR200603, a quasi-judicial request by Landmark Engineering and Homes by West Bay to remove specimen trees needed for phase 1 mass grading and construction of stormwater ponds for a multi-phase residential development.
Councilmember Howell and staff said the council’s approval was conditioned on negotiated tree-mitigation terms and the staff-recommended protections for trees to be preserved. City staff required a licensed landscape architect to design and oversee tree-root protection, that replacement trees be at least 3 inches DBH at planting, and that any trees slated to survive but that die within five years be replaced by the property owner.
The application’s engineering representative, Todd Hammitt of Landmark Engineering, told…
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