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A La Caada resident living on the 700 block of Forest Green Drive was fed up last month with a neighboring sycamore tree that continually dropped leaves into his pool. Seeing that the property next door where the tree grew was unoccupied and in the process of being "flipped" by an investment firm, the resident instructed his gardener to remove the tree.
After the property owners filed a police report against the neighbor and the gardener, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department contacted the city's code enforcement division to weigh in on the matter, according to Vahe Massih, an enforcement officer.
For years, La Caada had been refining its ordinance pertaining to protected trees including sycamores, deodars and trees whose diameters exceed 30 inches and outlining penalties and compensations for removing them, either through a permission process or illegally.
Until recently, the ordinance concerned itself only with the owner of the property on which a protected tree was located. According to that section of the Municipal Code, the owner would be cited if a removal was done without permission, and required either to replace the downed tree at his or her expense or pay into the city's general tree replacement fund.
But as of Tuesday, language has been adopted specifying the city's response in rare instances when a property owner's tree is removed or significantly pruned without his or her permission.
That and information related to how lost trees are valuated, the restitution limits for downed trees of different sizes and how low-income offenders may appeal very high city fines were detailed for City Council members Tuesday as they approved amendments to ordinances initially adopted in July.
The council also adopted guidelines for tree preservation and protection, the publication of which they hope to circulate throughout the community.
Community Development Director Robert Stanley recounted the tale of the resident and the sycamore tree at Tuesday's meeting as he explained some of the new information staff members had included in the ordinance to cover unlikely occurrences that may surface.
The new information states that trees 12 inches to 23 inches in diameter are to be replaced at an average installation cost of $174. A property owner removing that tree would have to pay $354 into the tree fund with city permission. But if a tree of that size were illegally removed, the fine would be $1,052. Comparatively, the removal of a tree 36 inches or more in diameter could cost an offender $10,800.
In cases where a tree's diameter cannot be ascertained if, for example, the entire tree and trunk had been previously removed a flat fine of $5,400 would be issued. Additionally, the city reserves the right, in the case of certain serious violations, to pursue misdemeanor charges against offenders, according to Harriet Harris, an assistant planner who helped draft the language in the Municipal Code.
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Richard Harding, city director of parks, recreation and environment, checks over artist renditions and architectural diagrams for renovations to the Italian fountain in downtown Nanaimo. The restoration project is now awaiting funding to move forward.
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After months of waiting, advocates will soon see the citys plan for restoring the Nanaimo Centennial Fountain.
Nanaimo city officials recently received an engineering report with the details and designs to return the downtown fountain to its former glory.
The centennial fountain at Port Place Shopping Centre, with its hand-carved salmon and colourful tile work, was crafted by volunteers and given to the city to mark the provinces centennial birthday just over 50 years ago. It has become a heritage site and Nanaimos only community-built fountain, but its now falling apart.
The concrete wall is starting to crumble, electrical work has corroded and the pumps have begun to fail. The spray is now more of a bubble than an arch and the underwater lighting no longer works.
Advocates blamed the city for not properly taking care of the centennial gift but have offered to help raise the money needed to get repairs done. They have been waiting since September for a tender-ready scope of work to show potential donors and said the progress has been frustrating.
City officials received the report from Read Jones Christoffersen Consulting Engineers last Friday and Richard Harding, the citys director of parks, recreation and environment, said the package will be taken to those involved with the project right away.
Staff members are also working on potential costs, based on the latest plan.
Early estimates had pegged the facelift at $250,000 more than double the initial $100,000 the city budgeted for repairs.
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The sprinkler system managed to put out a fire in a fifth-floor room at Emerson Manor that brought firefighters out to the apartment building Thursday morning. No injuries were reported.
The Hoquiam Fire Department responded at about 10:40 a.m. to reports of smoke in the building. Firefighters found thick smoke on the fifth floor, but the sprinkler system put the fire itself out, Capt. Jerry Gwin said.
Some residents were not able to evacuate because of mobility issues, but they were able to shelter in place with the help of firefighters because there was no danger of the fire spreading, Gwin said.
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No one was in the room at the time of the fire, and its cause is not yet clear. Many residents were still waiting in the lobby area around noon as firefighters worked to shut off the sprinkler system.
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