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Council delays vote on tree‑preservation code change, asks for fire department briefing and study session
Summary
City staff presented a city‑initiated municipal code amendment to exempt many single‑family properties from the tree‑preservation ordinance while protecting conservation areas. Council members asked for more analysis on front‑yard protections, HOA impacts, defensible‑space and insurance exemptions and directed staff to return for a study session and a Fire Department presentation.
San Dimas city staff on May 27 presented a city‑initiated municipal code text amendment (File 23‑05) that would exempt most single‑family properties from portions of the tree‑preservation ordinance while continuing protections for HOA common areas, open‑space and scenic easements, slope easements and HOA‑maintained areas.
Yasmin DeBose, assistant planner, said the amendment grew from an applicant's request and subsequent citywide review; staff and an environmental consultant (Somos) analyzed CEQA implications and recommended protecting specific conservation areas so the city could justify a notice of…
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