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Some of you know how TCS and I have been struggling with the town leaders over cutting down a dangerous (and ugly) pine tree in our front yard. We've been trying for years to get permission to cut it down before it falls down on our house (or our neighbor's property).
The problem has been, the town has an ordinance about cutting down "grand" trees. We have to pay for a request, then wait for a representative or team to come out to our property and make a judgment. Twice we've been thru this process for the pine tree, and twice (with appeal) turned down. Our one scraggly (but tall) pine tree is somehow deemed valuable to the town. (Even though developers plow them down by the hundreds.) :roll:
Anyway, our timing was perfect. Due to recent freak ice storms, many trees in our community were damaged, including our tree. So, this time when the codes enforcer came out to examine the tree he told us, "This is your lucky day; because of the storm and the damage I see, you'll get approval."
Hooray!
We're going to wait a few more weeks until cleaning up storm damage has caught up. It will probably cost about $1,000 for the two trees (one oak next to the porch, and the pine in front of it). We want to wait until the tree services aren't as busy.
At least we'll have these trees down before hurricane season starts.
We'll keep the oak wood, and have the two stumps ground down. The two trees are between our house and the neighbor, so it will be a delicate job. The trees are much taller than the houses (which are two-story).
We want to get some competitive bids first.
At least the process can finally begin.
The problem has been, the town has an ordinance about cutting down "grand" trees. We have to pay for a request, then wait for a representative or team to come out to our property and make a judgment. Twice we've been thru this process for the pine tree, and twice (with appeal) turned down. Our one scraggly (but tall) pine tree is somehow deemed valuable to the town. (Even though developers plow them down by the hundreds.) :roll:
Anyway, our timing was perfect. Due to recent freak ice storms, many trees in our community were damaged, including our tree. So, this time when the codes enforcer came out to examine the tree he told us, "This is your lucky day; because of the storm and the damage I see, you'll get approval."
Hooray!
We're going to wait a few more weeks until cleaning up storm damage has caught up. It will probably cost about $1,000 for the two trees (one oak next to the porch, and the pine in front of it). We want to wait until the tree services aren't as busy.
At least we'll have these trees down before hurricane season starts.
We'll keep the oak wood, and have the two stumps ground down. The two trees are between our house and the neighbor, so it will be a delicate job. The trees are much taller than the houses (which are two-story).
We want to get some competitive bids first.
At least the process can finally begin.
