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Council reduces tree-replacement ratios and adds flexibility for infeasible cases
Summary
The council voted to lower required tree-replacement ratios for larger trees and added a new provision allowing developers to propose alternative mitigation to the council when on-site replacement is infeasible.
Oak Creek aldermen on April 6 approved changes to the city's tree-preservation code that reduce replacement quotas and create a procedure for developers to propose alternate mitigation when strict replacement is not feasible on a given site.
Under the adopted Ordinance 3155, the replacement requirement for trees sized 12-29 inches caliper is reduced from three replacement trees to two; trees 30 inches and greater…
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