Arcadia : Ban on Tree Trimming
The City Council extended a moratorium prohibiting some tree-trimming for five months, until mid-January.
A 45-day moratorium was imposed July 2 while the Planning Department staff drafts a tree preservation ordinance.
The extension continues a requirement that a city permit be obtained before pruning or removing Engelmann oaks and California live oaks more than 12 inches in diameter, or oaks with trunks larger than 38 inches.
California sycamores, blue elderberries, Fremont cottonwood and willows with trunks larger than 19 inches are also protected. Removing deadwood or pruning does not require a permit.
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