Fined $347,000 for trimming trees without a permit
Yes, let's protect the trees, but wait, they're too close to the house, but wait you need a permit first to cut the trees, then approval by the city's forester, and so on and so forth.
But $347,000???
Look at the family and home? Do you really think they were some sort of big shot rich people? Was this an effort to tell everyone else in the neighborhood not to touch the trees in their yard or else?
The Collard home is in a relatively high danger zone for wildfire and that's why the Fire Department told them they needed to trim back flammable plants
It seems that the publicity was focused the idiocy of charging such a HUGE fine.
Another fine example of a bureaucratic nightmare by your local government.
I find it quite amusing for the arborist to state the value of the trees to be worth as much as $100,000. Hell, I would like to cut that tree and sell it on eBay.
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