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Posted on 02/08/2024 10:24:30 AM PST by John Semmens
The "woke" government of Portland, Oregon now requires homeowners to obtain city permits to remove trees that have fallen on their houses. Recently, a large tree felled by an ice storm crashed into Joel and Sarah Bonds' home. Fear of this very outcome led the couple to request permission to remove the tree in 2021. They were turned down because the city's Urban Forestry Division (UFD) ruled that cutting down this tree "would have a negative impact on the neighborhood's character."
Spokesman for the UFD Douglas Furr acknowledged that "the recent damage to the Bond's home is unfortunate, but we can't have people haphazardly cutting down the trees that make our city so beautiful. We have professional arborists who decide such things. Living with trees is a risk we have to take in Portland. Those who can't endure this risk shouldn't live here."
As for the tree embedded in the Bonds' house, Furr insisted "they still need a permit to remove it. If they can't wait to get one they may have to pay a fine if our arborists determine that the method they choose to extract the fallen tree has a negative impact on the neighborhood."
If you missed any of the other Semi-News/Semi-Satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,523581.0.html
What is the sound of a tree falling in the city without government permission?
They should have “pruned” the tree down to an 8 ft height. “See, the tree is still standing there!”
Insane.
Check out this article for a rundown of the hoops they make property owners go through:
https://www.livingroomre.com/stories/street-tree-laws-portland-homeowners-should-know/
Let Antifa have the place, they’ve built their own jail for us.
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