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Queenstown directs attorney to draft tree‑trimming ordinance with 12‑foot clearance and 60‑day compliance window
Summary
The Queenstown Commissioners agreed Oct. 15 to use Centreville’s tree‑maintenance ordinance as a model and asked Town Attorney Lyndsey Ryan to draft a local ordinance that would require property owners to trim trees encroaching into streets or sidewalks to a 12‑foot clearance and comply within 60 days of notice.
The Queenstown Commissioners directed Town Attorney Lyndsey Ryan at an Oct. 15 work session to draft a tree‑trimming ordinance modeled on Centreville’s code.
Commissioners agreed the draft should require property owners to maintain trees that enter public street or sidewalk areas and recommended a 12‑foot clearance from the surface. The commission also asked that the ordinance include a 60‑day period for property owners to address trimming after receiving a notice to trim.
Commissioners reviewed several neighboring ordinances and stated Centreville’s language best matched the town’s needs; the work session minutes record that Centreville’s ordinance will be used as a guideline. The attorney was directed to prepare a draft ordinance for the commission to review at a future meeting. No enforcement specifics or penalties were recorded in the work session notes.
The direction to draft an ordinance was recorded as a consensus decision during the work session; formal introduction, public hearing and adoption would follow the town’s standard ordinance process.
