HOLLY SPRINGS CHARTER/TREE ORDINANCES.

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Senate Bill 254 (Local) Filed Thursday, March 11, 2021
AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HOLLY SPRINGS TO ALLOW THE TOWN TO REGULATE THE REMOVAL AND PRESERVATION OF TREES AND SHRUBS AS PART OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, PROVIDING THAT TREE ORDINANCES SHALL BE ENFORCED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ALL OTHER TOWN ORDINANCES, AND MAKING A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
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Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (Mar 15 2021)

Bill History:

S 254

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 11 2021 - View Summary

    Amends the Holly Springs Charter, SL 2003-73 (as amended), as follows. Allows the Town to adopt ordinances to regulate the removal and preservation of existing trees and shrubs as part of development projects, no longer limiting this to the specified buffer zones. Amends the requirements to be met by such ordinances, to (1) require that the ordinances be enforced as provided in GS 160A-175 (enforcement of ordinances); (2) no longer limit the ordinances to situations where undeveloped property is planned or zoned in accordance with adopted municipal plans and zoning regulations; and (3) no longer require the ordinances to provide that a survey of individual trees is not required. Updates a statutory cross-reference.