LONGMONT — City officials here are demanding $35,630 for the destruction of seven large trees near the corner of Terry Street and Ninth Avenue, according to documents obtained from the city through an open-records request.
Property management company Regel & Associates earlier this month admitted to cutting down the tall trees that previously stood in planters between Terry Street and the Ninth Avenue Liquor store parking lot.
The notices of violation from the city are addressed to Kathy and Ed Regel of Regel & Associates. Kathy Regel is addressed separately on one as she represents the property owners, Darlene & Mert King Family Ltd. Partnership. Another notice is addressed to the Boulder-based contractor Taddiken Tree Company, which cut down the trees.
The notices, dated Tuesday, cite a Longmont municipal ordinance that it is illegal to destroy a tree on city property. The notices assess the individual value of each destroyed tree: $3,497 each for four 15-inch-diameter Austrian pines, $2,238 for a 12-inch-diameter Austrian pine, $1,554 for a 10-inch-diameter Austrian pine and $17,850 for a 35-inch-diameter American elm.
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