Did anyone notice - the lot is 5,000 square feet - one standard size lot - and the developer is planning to put two skinny houses and a full-size house on the lot. There won't be enough room left for a shrub, let alone any trees.

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Put a bird on it!

it is his property. it is his tree. cut away sir.

I agree that he should be allowed to cut down the tree on his personal property. Since when do we need our neighbors approval on our landscaping choices. (Unless of course you are subject to HOA rules.)

Would I be correct in assuming that if he is denied the right to cut his tree down that the city would have to re-imburse him for lost property value based on the measures that were passed before?

Personally I am surprised he didn't just cut it down and pay whatever fine the city assessed, it would be easier and get it over with quickly.

I'm honestly and legitimately surprised that nobody's talked about moving the tree. As it is, I understand and agree with both the people who want to preserve the tree and the property owners. (What I suspect will happen is that the developer will accidentally, not at all purposefully, dump herbicide around it the moment the commentary gets too shrill. A nasty thought, but I've seen this happen before with trees with equally interesting histories.)

That isn't a bad idea, if somebody wants to save it they can find a place for it and raise money to move it. (I think it would be reasonable for the owner to contribute what it would cost him to remove it.)

My money is on the weasels not the monkey.

Someone should talk to the fellow who was fined for cutting DOWN the monkey tree on his property at N. Shaver and Massachuests. As I recall the city fined him something like $6K. FYI, all the peanut butter trees you smell in NoPo came from a delivery that was refused by the Lewis/Clark Expo for being too small. They are all over Piedmont, Albina and Overlook. A long shoreman brought them up the hill and gave them away.

PornMom: Are you suggesting no zoning rules for lots near you?

Did anyone notice - the lot is 5,000 square feet - one standard size lot - and the developer is planning to put two skinny houses and a full-size house on the lot. There won't be enough room left for a shrub, let alone any trees.

According to this (lot 7100), the zoning is R1. It's allowed.

But the developer has the burden of putting in a plan to preserve existing trees, or appropriately mitigating the loss of trees that are removed. The plan as it exists removes 100% of the trees (i.e. this one tree), and replaces it with three small trees. I think the neighbors have a point that this is not appropriate mitigation for a tree of this significance.

The Portland Developer Puzzle: "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, do no evil."

But, since money doesn't grow on trees, they'll just cut the ol' f~@#er down. With a permit...that has a little rose pic on it.

The Lewis & Clark Exhibition of 1905, what was that? A lumberjack vaudeville act?

Oops, here's my streetcar -- gotta go!