The Seattle Land Use and Zoning Committee of the Seattle City Council is holding a Public Hearing on its proposed draft Tree Ordinance: Wednesday, Sept 5, 2018 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM (sign up starts at 9 AM) Seattle City Hall, … Continue reading
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On April 11, 2018 the Seattle Urban Forestry adopted the following letter: Seattle Urban Forestry Commission Weston Brinkley, Chair • Joanna Nelson de Flores, Vice-Chair Tom Early • Megan Herzog • Craig Johnson • Sarah Rehder Sandra Whiting • Andrew … Continue reading
Comments Regarding Seattle DCI Draft Director’s Rule 21-2017 – Calculating Tree Valuations and Civil Penalties for Tree Protection Code Violations For this Director’s Rule to be successful we believe that SDCI needs to implement a permit based system for tree removal. The … Continue reading
From This Week in the Mayor’s Office – Oct 13, 2017 Protecting Seattle’s Tree Canopy Mayor Burgess signed an Executive Order focused on strengthening Seattle’s protections for trees on private property today. The order directs the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections … Continue reading
Save the Trees- Seattle is a citizen’s coalition in Seattle, Washington working to update it’s current ordinance dealing with trees and Seattle’s urban forest. We have opposed the Seattle Department of Planning and Development’s (DPD) past efforts to weaken and … Continue reading