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Committee recommends advertising ordinance to remove 4-foot ROW shrub limit, align tree clearance and codify parking changes
Summary
The committee recommended advertising Ordinance 10-71, which aligns tree-clearance standards (change to 8 feet), removes a 4-foot maximum shrub height in the right-of-way (with separate site-triangle review later), updates street-dimension tables, and codifies recent two-hour parking changes on Chestnut, South Essex and Price Avenue.
The Finance & Administration Committee recommended advertising Ordinance 10-71, a technical cleanup package that includes vegetation, street-dimension and parking changes.
Staff explained the ordinance aligns the minimum clearance over sidewalks with the streets and sidewalks chapter (reducing a referenced 9-foot minimum to 8 feet to match the other chapter), and removes a separate 4-foot maximum shrub-height restriction in the right-of-way. "So for…
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