Bothell begins tree‑code rewrite after focus groups; staff to prioritize contiguous canopy
Staff reported first‑round engagement on tree retention and landscaping, showing support for prioritizing contiguous native canopy, revising exemptions for small developments, strengthening construction protections and clarifying long‑term maintenance and heritage‑tree definitions.
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Senior planner Cameron Colvin and the city's newly hired urban forester summarized outreach conducted to inform tree‑code updates and showed a hypothetical townhome redevelopment exercise illustrating how the existing 20% DBH retention metric works in practice.
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