City Wont Move Forward With Developing Tree Removal Rules

Citing their concerns over regulating what residents can and cant do in their front and back yards, Rolling Meadows City Council members Tuesday (Aug. 19) voted 4-2 not to move forward in developing a tree removal regulation.

During the councils committee of the whole meeting at city hall, and with a few residents from the Fairfax Avenue area in attendance, public works Director Fred Vogt reviewed many tree removal regulations in place in other cities.

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