Illegal pruning

[Daniel Billey]

Has anyone reported the illegal pruning by the residents on 36th Ave SW along the east facing slope of the steep hillside above Admiral Way. Terrible, messy and certainly non-permitted for the ECA slope and all the debris just left in a jumbled mess. This cannot be allowed to continue!

Also in North Admiral there’s been another swath of heavy, destructive pruning and tree falling on Bonair Street. Looks like this might be a city project but trying to clarify.

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[CarDriver]

Couple weeks ago there were several trucks that had the right lane closed on Admiral and active cutting was going on that slope. I’m quite certain that was city sanctioned cutting.

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[anonyme]

Daniel, have you reported it? If you’re sure residents did it, illegal tree cutting should be reported to DCI as well as the City Arborist. There was a lot of line clearing done recently, and although much of it was horrible in terms of healthy ways to prune trees, there’s not much that can be done about it. I saw several trees cut literally in half, canopies completely removed, with only tall stumps remaining. This company killed a lot of trees that property owners will now have to pay to fully remove. The City of Seattle’s stance on trees is completely hypocritical.

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[Daniel Billey]

Saw that city crew as well but they were clearing/cleaning along Admiral Way quite a bit closer to the street than where this slash pruning was done. Driving uphill slow down around the flashing speed limit sign and look up that slope. That carnage was not done by the city. For a good reference and to see the worst of it look for 2742 – 36th. Just an unacceptable, unlawful attempt at opening the view for that new or remodeled home.

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[CarDriver]

Drove by that address this morning. Saw trees topped for the view. Certainly nothing wrong with that.

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[Daniel Billey]

If you drove by the front of the residence on 36th Ave SW you probably weren’t able to see the downhill carnage. Drive uphill on Admiral and just before the flashing “this is your speed” sign look up that slope or better yet just pull over for a safer look.

Followed city codes and rules for 4 decades as a landscape designer/contractor and that work on the ECA slope is absolutely illegal. Also there is no approved “topping for view” rule, period.

Further up the hill at the actual pull out for the city view, the decisions ahead and likely heavy pruning to open that sacred view again will really open the door for more of the view pruning. They’ve let all the downslope native growth just do it’s thing for many years and the view is pretty much nonexistent in the growing seasons. Will be interesting for sure…

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