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Sebastopol boards deny permit to remove two protected Douglas firs at Village Green
Summary
The Sebastopol Design Review Board and Tree Board voted 3-0 on July 23 to deny a homeowners association's permit to remove two protected Douglas firs at 555 Norley Street (Village Green); city arborist and municipal code findings supported mitigation rather than removal. A seven-day appeal period was announced.
The Sebastopol Design Review Board and Tree Board voted 3-0 on July 23 to deny a homeowners association's application to remove two protected Douglas firs at 555 Norley Street (Village Green).
Planning staff introduced the application as a request from the Covert Lane Homeowners Association to remove two Douglas firs (one reported at about 31 inches diameter and another at about 17 inches) and a smaller tulip tree. City arborist Ben Anderson reviewed the site and recommended denying removal of the two Douglas firs and noted that the tulip tree does not meet the municipal code's size/native-species threshold requiring a permit.
Ben Anderson, the city arborist, said the larger Douglas fir has a codominant trunk 'a common structural defect'but "it's been this way for decades and hasn't failed,"…
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