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Tree Removal Case Makes Its Way Through Sag Harbor Justice Court

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Augusta Folks, an owner of this house at 11 Meadowlark Lane, in Sag Harbor, has been charged with violating Sag Harbor's new tree ordinance for removing a huge elm tree and another tree from the property. Folks, who said she was unaware of the new village law, said she had the trees cut down to provide space requested by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services to install a modern wastewater treatment system when she builds a new house on the lot. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

Augusta Folks, an owner of this house at 11 Meadowlark Lane, in Sag Harbor, has been charged with violating Sag Harbor's new tree ordinance for removing a huge elm tree and another tree from the property. Folks, who said she was unaware of the new village law, said she had the trees cut down to provide space requested by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services to install a modern wastewater treatment system when she builds a new house on the lot. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

authorStephen J. Kotz on Aug 7, 2024
Last March, the Sag Harbor Village Board passed a new measure outlawing the removal of any tree larger than 12 inches in diameter at breast height without a permit issued... more

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