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Committee member favors smaller tree guards and plaques over wide sidewalk enclosures
Summary
A Committee member suggested Norcross City favor smaller-diameter tree guards (about 3 feet high) with plaques to explain plantings, rather than wide sidewalk-to-sidewalk enclosures; the comment was made during discussion of pedestrian and streetscape standards.
A Committee member at a Norcross City meeting urged the board to prefer smaller, lower-diameter tree guards around street trees and to consider plaques explaining tree plantings. The member described common circular rock fences and said smaller guards would protect trunks without creating large, sidewalk-to-sidewalk enclosures.
The speaker suggested a guard roughly three feet high and emphasized keeping the protected area compact so it does not become a place to park a chair or otherwise intrude on pedestrian space. "A smaller diameter fence that's maybe 3 feet high," the member said, arguing the design would better protect the trunk while minimizing pedestrian impacts.
The remarks were offered as part of a larger conversation about public-realm design and will inform staff recommendations; no formal standard or ordinance was proposed or voted on in the segment.
