Groundswell NW is hosting a discussion this evening about trees in Seattle. Brennon Staley, the Sustainable Community Planner for the Department of Planning and Development and Sandra Pinto de Bader, the Urban Forest Program Manager for the Office of Sustainability and Environment be the guest speakers. “They will discuss proposals to revise existing regulations governing the preservation and planting of trees on private property, both during development and outside of it, in order meet the goals of the Urban Forest Management Plan and other city-wide goals. This presentation will also discuss the city’s overall strategy to expand our canopy cover and increase the health of our urban forest,” the flyer for the event states.
The event will be held this evening at 7 o’clock at the Ballard Community Center (6020 28th NW.)
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Umm hello, key word here is *private*! We have no business telling a landowner what they do for trees on their private property.
Unless some people don’t believe that one’s land is the owners property?
But you do acknowledge that you live in a city, and what you do on your property affects your neighbors. You wouldn’t want a hog rendering station built next-door to you, for example. Just the same, certain trees affect the city infrastructure and cost all of us when it’s damaged.
busibody neighbors should have no input on what happens with privately owned trees.
It is absolutely not true that your property can be used for whatever purpose you desire. Sometimes it’s tree roots that damage an adjoining properties sewer or other services.
Other times it can be a neighbor with 15 cars running a repairshop / pub. I had this. It was beer and and revving cars every day. Weekends during summer were unbearable. Until we found out that city code allows for only three cars outside of garages and no auto repair shops on residential property. (btw, I never thought that that I would agree with the car limit until I had to live adjacent to the abuse!)
There is sanity and calm in the neighborhood again. I, for one, am very happy that you can’t legally do some things on your property that affect your neighbors quality of life.