Planning commission to address new tree policies on October 20

A piece of legislation proposed by the Urban Forestry Division of the City of Richmond is heading to the city’s planning commission on Monday, October 20, at 1:30pm. The ordinance states that: No tree shall be planted at least 25 feet from street intersections an dat least 10 feet from alleys No tree shall be planted closer […]

October 5, 2008; 8:02 PM • by North Richmond News

A piece of legislation proposed by the Urban Forestry Division of the City of Richmond is heading to the city’s planning commission on Monday, October 20, at 1:30pm. The ordinance states that:

No tree shall be planted at least 25 feet from street intersections an dat least 10 feet from alleys

No tree shall be planted closer than 10 feet to a utility pole

Information received about the impact of this ordinance on the Fan District should be of interest to Northside property owners. According to Fan resident Calder Loth, the Fan District:

has 359 tree wells that are within 10 feet of an alley.

Currently, 83 of these tree wells are empty,

If this ordinance is passed, the 276 existing trees will not be replanted if they die.

The Fan has 125 intersections. Each has the potential for 8 trees each.

that’s one thousand trees. around intersections in the Fan. If even one quarter of these trees dies and is not replaced, we will have lost 250 trees.

The meeting is open to the public.