Committee recommends forwarding tree-protection changes to council after staff presentation
A Town Council committee voted to forward amendments that would expand protections for live and laurel oaks, tighten mitigation planting sizes, update the native‑plant list and remove the single‑family exemption for specimen trees; public comment warned of disproportionate impacts on Native Island property owners and staff noted appeal pathways for hardship variances.
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The committee reviewed a priority text amendment to the town’s land‑management ordinance intended to strengthen tree protections and recommended it be forwarded to town council.
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