Commission weighs removing tree-replacement requirement inside WUI boundary
Staff proposed two options for trees in the WUI boundary: allow removal without replacement upon development or remove the replacement requirement from the code; staff said any replacement requirement would be eliminated within the WUI boundary in the proposed language.
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Planning staff told the Commission that one of the main conflicts between current Town Code and the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) framework concerned tree-replacement rules. Associate Planner Eugenia Akiyom explained staff had considered two pathways: allowing tree removal without requiring like-for-like replacement when development occurs in the WUI zone, or deleting the replacement requirement entirely from the ordinance.
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