Oberschleißheim receives a tree protection ordinance.
It comes into force on Friday.
It has far-reaching consequences for home owners.
Oberschleißheim - Sunshine and temperatures around 17 degrees: The spring weather drives homeowners to the door.
In many places you can now hear chainsaw motors - trees are being sawed off.
The municipal council in Oberschleißheim is now stopping the felling: the committee passed a tree protection ordinance for the first time on Tuesday.
It comes into force on Friday.
The decree mainly affects homeowners with a simple development plan.
From tomorrow on, the Oberschleissheimers will be prohibited from removing trees with a trunk circumference of at least 80 centimeters without prior approval.
Multi-stemmed trees will also be protected in the future if the trunk circumference is 80 centimeters wide, as well as all replacement plantings.
No rule without exception
There are exceptions if, for example, trees endanger people or property, if trees are sick or the power supply to the house is endangered.
Almost all fruit trees are also exempt from the regulation.
The municipality punishes violations of the regulation with administrative offenses of up to 50,000 euros.
The district office still has to examine the regulation.
15 to 8 for the Tree Protection Ordinance
Without mapping the trees, the regulation makes little sense. "
Casimir Katz (FDP)
The municipal councils voted 15 to 8 for the ordinance.
The majority of the CSU members were against it, the administrative effort was too high, it was said from their ranks.
"Without mapping the trees, the regulation makes little sense," criticized Casimir Katz (FDP).
Johann Negele (Free Voters) therefore asked: "Why should we issue an ordinance if it cannot be controlled?"
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Casimir Katz from the FDP sees the tree protection ordinance critically.
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Hohenberger: "Trees are partly culturally and historically significant"
The Social Democrats wanted to prevent further felling in the community.
"The resistance that used to exist in the SPD no longer exists," said parliamentary group leader Florian Spirkl.
Gaby Hohenberger (Greens) had already submitted an application to the committee in 1994, which was rejected by a large majority at the time.
"Trees in the community are partly culturally and historically significant," she said.
Hohenberger was happy about the regulation, but it will have to be readjusted at a later meeting.