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File #: 201905    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 8/22/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/25/2016 Final action: 1/26/2017
Enactment date: 8/25/2016 Enactment #: 201905
Title: That this Board, with the City Solicitor, develop an ordinance for trees on city-owned property that extends to them the requirements for public notices and hearings currently in place for all “public shade trees.”
Sponsors: Mark Niedergang, Katjana Ballantyne
Related files: 202009, 202457, 203367

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That this Board, with the City Solicitor, develop an ordinance for trees on city-owned property that extends to them the requirements for public notices and hearings currently in place for all “public shade trees.”

 

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Official Text

That this Board, in consultation with the City Solicitor, develop or amend an ordinance covering trees on city-owned properties, (including schools), that extends the protections and requirements for public notice and a public hearing currently enjoyed under state law for all “public shade trees,” i.e., trees that are located on city streets.