Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) has introduced a House bill that would let the Town of Vienna require developers to meet tree requirements 10 years sooner than other jurisdictions.
His proposal, which was filed last Monday (Jan. 6), comes months after Wawa received backlash from residents for chopping down trees it wasn’t supposed to in the Town of Vienna.
Vienna officials are currently working on a plan to prevent anything similar from happening again.
The bill would allow:
the Town of Vienna, by ordinance, to require that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopy 10 years after development is projected to meet specified coverage criteria.”
Currently, the criteria apply to coverage 20 years after development.
The measure has been referred to the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns.
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