New Prairie Village ordinance gives more protections to city’s aging trees

The Prairie Village City Council Monday evening approved an ordinance that will give further protections to most of the city’s trees. The ordinance classifies trees to be protected in four categories, based primarily on their location on residential streets in on private lots. Those classifications include right-of-way or street trees, frontage trees, lot trees and buildable area trees. Tree removal is not completely prohibited by the ordinance, but it does put more barriers in place.  If the tree is dead, diseased, dying, or needs to be removed for construction or safety purposes, it can be taken out and replaced.
Source: Prairie Village Post