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Now I know why they cut down the giant oak tree up the street -- (edited)

Posted by znufrii, promoted (aka znufrii) Mar 9 '23, 08:20

They needed somewhere to park their genie lift to be able to put hideous siding on the front of the house. *grrrr*

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I am shocked that's legal. You have to go through major hoops here to cut down any tree on your property. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 08:27 18
- +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:29
- Wow. All kidding aside, here if you own your yard, you own what is in it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:28 16
  - We have laws here for large or historic area trees but developers just pay the fine when they get caught. -- nm - Max Mar 9, 09:04
  - Even Florida has strict rules on (certain) trees. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 08:41 1
    - Here in GA it's primarily a county and city issue. In some unincorporated rural areas you probably don't need one. But suburban or urban, definitely -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:50
  - sounds about right for Indiana -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 9, 08:40 1
    - That we have more than enough trees, here? Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:22
  - In PA if it's a healthy tree over 6 inches in diameter you need a permit - decline Mar 9, 08:36 1
    - Now I’m wondering if the borough has a shade tree ordinance or something along those lines. -- (edited) - znufrii, promoted Mar 9, 08:55
  - It's a very serious thing here - with renos on your house you need to put down a tree-deposit that you do not get back if you tree gets damaged - Andie Mar 9, 08:32 1
    - It's pretty common here too. Fines if they catch you without a permit. Recompense even if they give you permission. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:35
  - At the new house they planted evergreens at the corner on the front. Right at the garage. Pretty sure I have to get approval to rip them out. - sycor Mar 9, 08:31 4
    - it looked pretty when it was a foot tall... -- nm - decline Mar 9, 08:37 1
      - and if they won't let me relocate it, it will stay a foot tall. I will make sure of that. -- nm - sycor Mar 9, 08:42
    - People have a *frightening* lack of certain abilities, such as thinking long term. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:33 1
      - So, so, so true. -- nm - sycor Mar 9, 08:34
  - and yet you live in the land of HOAs that tell people what colour they can paint their doors. :) -- nm* - Andie Mar 9, 08:30 1
    - heh, hence the "own your own yard" part! Plus, most of the HOAs are within the "Fee Take Line" which means The Army Core of Engineers oversee them. - Spawn Mar 9, 08:32
I'm surprised there isn't a city ordinance protecting specimen trees? - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:27 1
- There probably is -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 08:28
Was it a live oak? If so, that's absolutely insane. -- nm - sycor Mar 9, 08:21 9
- It was either oak or maple, I forget, but it was one of six old trees on our block. Nothing wrong with it that I could tell. - znufrii, promoted Mar 9, 08:26 1
  - starting fresh! -- nm - decline Mar 9, 08:42
- you can grow more trees, sycor -- nm - decline Mar 9, 08:23 3
  - true. an oak tree only takes about 20 years to fully grow. Totally worth it to cut it down to put up siding. - sycor Mar 9, 08:27 2
    - By then they will have to cut it down again for new siding. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:27 1
      - Sadly you are probably right. They could have just put up scaffolding and worked around the tree. -- nm - sycor Mar 9, 08:29
- Well it's a dead oak now -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 08:22
- indeed. -- nm - mud Mar 9, 08:22
- Philadelphia freedom. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:22

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Now I know why they cut down the giant oak tree up the street -- (edited)

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