TreeDimensional

Azrael, thanks for posting the guidelines for construction. This is the first time I have seen ANY documentation that puts the trees before the buildings.
My question is, what do you do with tree haters? There are people out there that DO NOT like trees, where do they build? The issue really is how we perceive the governments involvement in what goes on on private land.

Don't get me wrong, I would be upset if I owned property in a well treed neighborhood and some joker can in and clear-cut the yard beside mine. But where do we draw the line between protecting tree and developing new neighborhoods? The document that you posted almost states that if you don't like the trees on your future property, bugger off and buy land in the desert.

The other issue that isn't even mention in your document is future plantings. This site has had several requests for information on what to do with the neighbors tree growing over the fence. The doc falls short on advise to prevent feuds between neighbors.

I would like to believe that the authors of the regulations had a vision. As prime real estate become more valuable, don't you believe that the owner of the property be given the task of deciding what will be allowed to live or die on their property. If the planners have all the say, aren't we all going to begin to look the same?

I would agree that the planners have the task of keeping things under control. For instance I would be pissed if I built a $500,000.00 home and some guy bought the lot beside mine and planted a 30 year old mobile home on his lot. But Protecting almost every tree over 10 feet tall is overkill to the developments of communities.

In another thread you started, we are shown what happens when people are over-regulated. The people who are influential, grease the wheels and corrupt public officials. I think most people, when purchasing property, know what is acceptable in a location and what is not. You can't regulate people from making STUPID choices.