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It is a violation of Sacramento’s code to remove or prune a protected tree without a permit. Penalties can result in civil actions, criminal punishments and/or a $250 to $25,000 fine, the city ...
During the Nov. 2 meeting, she said it was difficult to back out of her driveway due to the trees — there were 37 tree trunks in the line of sight to get out of her driveway.
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a protected area; the cutting down of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits.
The "polestar" of regulatory takings jurisprudence is Penn Central Transp. Co. v.New York City (1973). [3] In Penn Central, the Court denied a takings claim brought by the owner of Grand Central Terminal following refusal of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to approve plans for construction of 50-story office building over Grand Central Terminal.
RunningWolf also stated that those responsible for cutting the trees had already left the grove due to the high turnover of protesters in the branches. [ 27 ] The university's landscape architect and grounds services manager both agree that while pruning was not necessarily bad for the trees, removing the top of the redwood was bad practice as ...
The debate over the trees has divided the community, pitting some business owners against residents — and against one another. A late-April meeting at times turned ugly, with about 80 public ...
While the perceived risk of death by falling trees (a part of the "tree risk" complex) is influenced by media and often hyped (the objective risk has been reported to be close to 1 : 10.000.000, almost as low as death by lightning), [6] singular events have encouraged a "proactive" stance so that even lightly damaged trees are likely to be removed in urban and public traffic surroundings. [3]
On Tuesday night, City Council members voted 3 to 1 to proceed with a $20-million redevelopment project in Uptown Whittier that requires the removal of all the ficus trees in the three-block ...