Tag: Street Tree Ordinance

STREET TREE ORDINANCE ADOPTED

May 3rd, 2013

On Monday, April 29, the Council unanimously adopted a new Street Tree ordinance. This is the first revision of Seattle’s Street Tree Ordinance since 1961, and the result of several years of work by the Seattle Department of Transportation in cooperation with other Departments, Council staff, and the Urban Forestry Commission. This is the first […]

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Posted: May 3rd, 2013 under Environment.
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MORE TREES FOR SEATTLE

August 16th, 2012

Seattle has accepted a big challenge:  to turn around the loss of tree cover from developing a City on this formerly forested land, and to restore and regrow as much of the urban forest as we can.  Trees not only because they make the City more beautiful and our neighborhoods more livable, but also help […]

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Posted: August 16th, 2012 under Carbon Neutrality, Development and Sustainability, Environment, Parks, Planning and Land Use.
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