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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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With issues of tree removal becoming more frequent with the influx of inclement weather, the Upper Saddle River governing body is considering a change to its ordinance.
Council President Roger DeBerardine said two changes are being proposed; one being that a contract company fee be increased from $35 to $100, and another to reduce a permit fee from $100 to $50 for the removal of a dead or dangerous tree from a property if not done by the homeowner.
The definition of a heritage tree has also been changed. It's now 24 inches in diameter at breast height.
The council is considering introducing changes next month.
DeBerardine explained that some people in the borough are against paying any annual permit fee for removal of a dead or dangerous tree.
But, he said people need "to recognize that we need funds to keep the Shade Tree Commission going $50 isn't asking too much," he said.
However, not everyone on the council agreed.
Councilman Vincent Durante said he didn't think there should be a permit charge for the removal of a dead tree. He suggested that a way to "recoup" that money would be to increase the fee to the contractor company more than the proposed $100.
Durante said the Shade Tree Commission doesn't collect that much money on an annual basis about $12,000 to $13,000 in total. He said that the money mostly covers training.
"To aggravate residents who are paying anywhere from $15,000 to $30,000 in property taxes to take down a tree that's dead and insult them with a permit [fee] is wrong," Durante said.
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City of Wilmington employee Aaron Eady cuts of tree limbs due to damage from the recent ice storm around Greenfield Lake in Wilmingtonon on Wednesday.
Area trees are unlikely to sustain long-term damage from last week's ice storm, despite the hundreds of broken tree branches still littering sidewalks and streets throughout New Hanover County. But the immediate impact was extremely severe, experts said.
"It's probably the most damage I've ever seen from an ice storm," said Dave Young, owner of Wilmington-based Dave's Tree Removal. "It's rare for us to get anything that does this much as far as ice goes. Hurricanes and that type of thing are what we're used to dealing with. It's a different ball game with the ice."
The majority of affected trees in the Wilmington area were loblolly pines and live oaks, both native to North Carolina. Somewhat ironically, those trees were more likely to be damaged by ice because they're less susceptible to weather fluctuations than other plants.
"We were hardest hit in this area simply because the live oaks don't lose their foliage. They stay green all year round," Young said. "So do the pine trees, obviously. The trees with the foliage were the ones damaged, because there was more area for the ice to accumulate - and the more ice, the more weight, the more damage the trees sustained."
The long-term impact is dependent on the individual tree, Young said. The prognosis is dire in some cases, where broken limbs tore out chunks of trunks or caused the entire tree to topple - but in most instances, the tree should survive.
"Where the limbs broke out and did more damage than to just that limb, those spots are going to dry out because they're not protected," Young said. "For the most part the live oaks are very tough. It's really a tree-by-tree judgment call as to whether they should be taken down or whether they can sustain the damage and keep going."
The brunt of tree damage in Wilmington occurred in the Forest Hills area, where limbs snapped off dozens of large, old trees. The shower of branches had the added side effect of snapping power lines, knocking electricity out for thousands of customers throughout the city. At several points last Thursday, New Hanover County had more Duke Energy Progress customers without power than any other place in North and South Carolina.
Many of those residents didn't see their electricity restored until late Saturday, a cautionary tale for property owners who have strongly protested the utility's routine tree trimmings throughout the Wilmington area.
For several years, the utility has been removing potentially problematic trees and bushes from areas surrounding its transmission towers and lines meaning that any vegetation that could at some point grow taller than 12 feet can end up on the chopping block. The cuts are meant to prevent this type of outage, where limbs can fall and damage power lines.
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Area trees are unlikely to sustain long-term damage from last week's ice storm