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File #: 25-0566    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Ordained
File created: 3/21/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/27/2025 Final action: 5/15/2025
Enactment date: 5/8/2025 Enactment #: 218934
Title: Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Chapter 12, Article VI of the Code of Ordinances to modify the Tree Preservation Ordinance.
Code sections: Ordinance Not Zoning -
Attachments: 1. Tree Preservation Ordinance Amendments, 2. 05.08.25 CC Amending Ch. 12 Art. VI Tree Preservation

Agenda Summary

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 Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Chapter 12, Article VI of the Code of Ordinances to modify the Tree Preservation Ordinance.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully submits for this Council’s consideration and ordainment an amendment to Ordinance Chapter 12, Article VI, Tree Preservation Ordinance to include additional tree protections and enforcement capabilities, reduce urban forestry committee youth membership terms, modify private tree removal permit waiver conditions, and clarify language throughout.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor