MIAMI – A Miami city commissioner and residents gathered Wednesday to discuss a controversial tree ordinance ahead of a planned meeting Thursday.
Several homeowners’ associations in the city have opposed the “Tree Preservation and Protection Ordinance,” saying it puts the city’s trees at risk.
“This is critical infrastructure,” Jackeline Bonilla, executive director of the Urban Paradise Guild, said. “I don’t want to live in a ‘Mad Max’ world where I live with an oxygen tank because there are no trees.”…