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Magistrate orders tree permits, reduced fines and extensions after multiple landscaping violations
Summary
The magistrate granted compliance extensions, ordered arborist reports or tree replacement for several properties cited for unpermitted tree removal or improper pruning, and in some cases reduced fines when owners showed remediation steps.
Several cases on the April 30 docket centered on alleged unpermitted tree removal, improper pruning, and other landscaping violations.
At the 1208 Southwest 31st Street matter, code compliance officer Muhammad Dam said an oak tree was removed without a required landscaping permit (47‑21.15.8.1); the property owner reported the replacement tree was planted and spent more than $6,000 on mitigation. The magistrate reduced the…
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