There's an epidemic of this on the Sunshine Coast.
Here in Brisbane we've even cut trees down houses away for views so the guy up the top of the hill can widen their view. They pay for removals down the hill.
Just a few weeks ago at Manly we cut down 2 washingtonias of the neighbours as they were blocking the sea view from the new 2 story front deck. In this one the street ran at right angles to the beach so you had the view sideways straight at 2 ugly washingtonias. They're gone now, cost the owner $1000 with stump grinds. The lady next door got a bargain free anyway.
Gold Coast waterfront view of broadwater. Council plants new trees, maybe dozen of them (circu 1998) infront of houses on the beach front.
Few weeks later they're all run over with tyre marks everywhere, same again for replants.
Here in this one a councillor did the deed himself. A lop job, it'll bush up real nice.
Source:
New Maroochy councillor faces $300 tree fine | thedaily.com.au Quote:
New Maroochy councillor faces $300 tree fine
8:00a.m. 1 April 2005
By ALLAN LANDER A MAROOCHY Shire councillor may be fined $300 after he admitted chainsawing a large tree at Dulong Lookout without permission.
Division one councillor Greg Rogerson yesterday said he pruned the large tree in late February but disputed it was a 60-year-old fig tree.
Mayor Joe Natoli said the council had launched an investigation into the matter and if Mr Rogerson was found to have breached the guidelines, he could be fined.
We are conducting an investigation; he will be treated same way as any other resident or ratepayer. The end result could be a fine of $300, Mr Natoli said.
Mr Rogerson said he pruned the tree with good intentions, the weekend before a new plaque was opened at the lookout.
I believe this was canopy management, and it should continue to grow and develop, he said.
(But) I accept full responsibility for it.
I expect to be treated like anyone else would be in this situation. If that means copping a fine, so be it.
According to Mr Natoli, Mr Rogerson told fellow councillors he had been approached by a member of Rotary to remove the tree which partly obscured the view from Dulong Lookout.
But Mr Natoli said he believed the tree had not been cut down.
My understanding is that the tree was cut to a point where it will re-shoot in a period of years, so itll grow back, Mr Natoli said.
Technically, the tree has not been cut down, but it has had a major pruning.
But I gather Mr Rogerson did not get council approval, the mayor said.
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Here a councillor is looking outside the box for solutions and gets slammed. This is just after the event above.
Tree pruning bid in Noosa gets chop | thedaily.com.au Quote:
Tree pruning bid in Noosa gets chop
8:00a.m. 22 July 2005
By Nathan Evans NOOSA Council yesterday cut to a stump a bid to allow council-supervised tree lopping on public land to improve property views and values.
Division-three councillor Peter McGregor said he proposed the plan, which would enable property owners to apply to council for permission to trim trees on private and public land in the interests of view preservation, to curb illegal tree clearing.
My ultimate goal, my ambition, my aim is to curb incidents of environmental vandalism. I want to stop it and I thought that this may be part of a way to resolve that issue that affects the whole community, he said.
This does happen all the time, but were only reactive, were not proactive and I think that we should have a policy in place that can help us solve the problem.
Councillors blasted the plan as impossible to manage and a bureaucratic nightmare as they did not have sufficient resources to process an anticipated flood of applications, nor determine where the lopping should begin and end.
They questioned whether trees should be lopped to ground level to allow all residents of a multi storeyed apartment block a view, or only lopped at the top to placate top storey unit residents.
Noosas long-term appearance under the policy was also raised as a major concern.
Both Mayor Bob Abbot and councillor Vivien Griffin denounced the proposal as bending the law to suit potential law breakers.
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You dont find these stories in mainstream media, you have to search the local papers (local rags) of the areas.