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Medlin, Johnny <br /> From: Staszewski, Jan <br /> To: Andersen, Chris; Norris, Linda (RIS1) <br /> Cc: Etter, John; Hammitt, Bob; Medlin, Johnny <br /> Subject: Illegal Tree Removal at 3220 Whitten Dr. <br /> Date: Thursday, December 30, 1993 12:16PM <br /> Staff received a call this moming from Sandy Bonds of Whitten Drive stating <br /> that trees were being removed from a vacant lot at 3220 Whitten Dr. She said <br /> that PIC did not have a building permit issued for this site. <br /> The Urban Forester went to investigate and found that a logger, Tom Hodges, <br /> was cutting down trees from the site in violation of the tree code. Mr. <br /> Hodges was told to stop cutting any trees, to not do any additional bucking of <br /> the trees, and to not remove trees from the site until further notice. <br /> Mr. Hodges thought that the tree code allowed the removal of 5 trees <br /> from any one site per year. The Urban Forester explained the provisions of <br /> this code and that no trees may be removed on a site without a house or a <br /> building permit for a house on lots less than 20,000 sq.ft. <br /> The property owner, Dorris Damson, through Mr. Hodges submitted an application <br /> for a tree removal permit on September 27, 1993. Shortly after receiving the <br /> permit the Urban Forester called her to inform her that the application was <br /> incomplete. The Urban Forester explained that additional information was <br /> necessary before the permit could be processed. No additional information was <br /> submitted. <br /> The Urban Forester will be taking the information about the violation to the <br /> City Attorney Office to determine the level of the fine. If you have any <br /> questions please call Jan Staszewski at 465 -2815. <br /> Page 1 <br />