Metro Atlanta tree service crews working to reduce damage as winter weather gets closer to Georgia

With serious winter weather on the way​, crews are out working across metro Atlanta to reduce the damage from falling trees.
FOX 5 Atlanta

Atlanta could triple penalties for illegal tree removals in major ordinance overhaul

The Atlanta City Council could triple penalties for illegal tree removals and enacted strict preservation requirements, increasing fines to $200,000 per acre for unpermitted removals and requiring ...
WSB-TV

Atlanta tree removal ordinance moves forward to full council vote, fines could triple for violations

ATLANTA — An Atlanta ordinance regarding tree removal is moving forward to a full city council vote after some provisions were pruned in a committee meeting Wednesday. At the meeting, Council member ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Planting seeds of hope that Atlanta will reconsider its hollow tree law

On June 16, Atlanta City Council members voted to approve a new tree protection ordinance, which, despite its title, still fails to protect trees on developing properties in our city. Atlanta suffers ...
Yahoo

‘I can’t go anywhere’: 7 cars damaged when tree collapses at Atlanta apartment complex

Residents of a southwest Atlanta apartment complex awoke to find a large tree had crashed onto several cars, smashing windows and denting hoods. The oak was uprooted in Wednesday morning’s storms and ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

TORPY: Progress on Atlanta’s Tree Ordinance is like a slow growing oak

Atlanta is a popular destination, which means trees have been falling like crazy to meet the building demand. To keep up with the chain saws, the city, tree activists and developers have for a while ...
Bisnow

Developers Aghast At Tree Ordinance Update That Could Raise Replanting Fees By 800%

When Atlanta developer Windsor Stevens Holdings was preparing its site along the Atlanta BeltLine for The Proctor apartments, it had to shell out nearly $20K to the city of Atlanta to take down 19 ...