City of Milton Unveils New Tree Ordinance
The City of Milton has, since its inception, retained the venerable Fulton County Tree ordinance as its tree conservation and protection code. Under the consultation of Technical Forestry Services, the city has drafted and approved a new tree conservation ordinance.
This Tree Canopy Conservation Ordinance is dramatically different from the previous code in that it is a canopy-cover based model, rather than a trunk-inches model. The canopy model has been successfully instituted in such jurisdictions as the cities of Athens, Sandy Springs, and Decatur. …