Friday, January 19, 2007

OSSINING JUST APPROVED LEGISLATION REGULATING TREE REMOVAL AND PROTECTING AGAINST CLEAR CUTTING OF TREES

The village of Ossining, according to OSSINING.COM has adopted legislation regulating tree removal and the protection against clear cutting of trees. More than a few years ago the Greenburgh Town Board asked the Conservation Advisory Council to recommend tree legislation that would provide residents with the same protections. This was done after trees were cleared from a large property in Edgemont.The CAC spent hundreds of hours analyzing the law and made recommendations. A public hearing was held, some people did not like the law. What happened? Nothing. No vote. The proposal is gathering dust.
Should the Town Board vote on the law?
Should the Town Board approved a modified law if no vote will be cast?
Should the modified law have a sunset provision (meaning that the compromise legislation will die at the end of a year or two and have to be re-voted on). If this would be done we could include a provision that the CAC evaluate the new law and provide us with recommendations at the end of the year as to whether additional modifications would be worthwhile.
What do you think?
What kind of tree protection law would you support?

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The CAC spent hundreds of hours analyzing the law and made recommendations."

Please post what the recommendations were, or paste a link to the documentation.