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In concept, I sympathize with the OP - who runs a business - regarding the exact placement of the tree. I hope there are options that could work but not block the loading area itself. Reading links here to city's websites, they say "1 tree every 25 feet" was their standard when making rules for new developers. That shows what they're trying to achieve. So, can OP measure and point to a place on the street that would satisfy that 1:25 standard but not block unloading trucks? The key to talking to bureaucrats is make their life easier, not harder. If you do the math for them and point where else it could go, maybe that'd work.
Different question: how do you find out the history of one tree planted sometime after 2007 on genuine private property? Is there a fine to remove that one?
Backstory: There's a young one in middle of my tiny front lawn in a fairly new development where city trees were planted curbside on the same block. I'm buying the property. If the city planted it at some point, and is counting and watching it, I don't want to mess with it. Otherwise, it's down. I'm ready to care for the one at the curb, but not the one steps from my own front door and private cement walkway leading to it, because I know that was a dumb place to have planted a tree.
but wouldnt that be legally YOUR property, not the city property, because if you, i have an axe for you.
I have a lawn. I have landscaping on my property. I am already contributing to a green environment and the lawn costs over $1200 per year to maintain. I do not want a tree. If there is a storm, you have to worry about falling branches and damaged power lines once the tree matures. As the tree ages, it damages your sidewalk and then you get a violation and have to spend $2,000 to $3,000 to repair your sidewalk. The leaves fall on your property in the fall and you pay to have the leaves removed. The birds land on the trees and their poop lands on your car parked at the curb under your lovely, annoying tree. The tree roots sometimes clog or ruin your sewer line which is a major expense. Then you call a company to snake out your outside line, or get the opportunity to spend $15,000 or more on a new sewer line. I already pay $500 per month in real estate taxes. If I am required to pay for the messed up sidewalk, snaking or possibly replacing my outside sewer line, raking leaves, car washes for bird poop, etc. I should have a say in whether or not I want a tree in front of my house. Of course, as each decade continues, we have less individual rights and the state's interests supersede those of the individual. Scotty, please beam me back to the fifties!
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