The Greens have applied for a tree protection ordinance to be passed in the Hausham municipal council.
There was no majority for it - an emotional discussion all the more.
Hausham
- A walk under the trees has a calming effect on many people.
In the Haushamer municipal council, however, the green giants caused quite a bit of emotion - especially with the one who got the tribe rolling: Willi Halletz.
Together with his Green parliamentary group, he had applied for a tree protection ordinance to be issued.
For a long time, complaints about the felling of deciduous and coniferous trees in Hausham have been increasing, Halletz reported.
"Felling should only come into question if the traffic safety obligation can not be maintained or if buildings could be damaged," it said in the application.
This is the only way to ensure a green townscape and the associated positive environmental influences in the long term.
The municipal council had already dealt with an identical request from Willi Eisenlöffel (FWG) in 2014 - and rejected it with 1:20 votes, reported managing director Rudi Randler.
The situation has not changed since then.
In the past 30 years, not a single complaint about tree felling has been received in the town hall.
A regulation also has some disadvantages.
In addition to the control effort, one also has to consider the possible interference with property rights, according to Randler.
In fact, only four municipalities in the Miesbach district have a tree protection ordinance: Miesbach, Bayrischzell, Otterfing and Rottach-Egern.
Halletz rejected this argument.
Even more: he accused the community of a "tendentious formulation" in the draft resolution with the aim of "subliminally" making the community council reject it.
“It's a shame that my application is being steered in the wrong direction,” said Halletz.
Something has changed in Hausham since 2014, said the Green City Council and recalled the 893 signatures for the list initiated by the Landscape Protection Association for the trees on Naturefriends Street.
The statement that a protection ordinance would bring more administrative effort was "pulled by the hair".
Likewise, the encroachment on property rights: "I am not demanding a ban, but an obligation to notify with justification," Halletz made clear.
"Then you haven't read your own regulation," countered Hans Bramböck (FWG).
It says that you have to ask for permission before cutting down a tree.
Halletz held against it: He had only attached a draft "for reference".
Hubert Lacrouts (CSU) still didn't believe in a regulation.
Nobody cuts down a tree “out of joke and frenzy”.
It is unfair to pillory homeowners just because they want a little less shade in the garden.
In the case of building permits, the builders would be encouraged to replant or green their properties anyway.
Georg Eham meanwhile relied on the willingness to talk.
If you want to know why a tree is being felled, you can ask the property owner.
“We talk to each other in town,” said Eham.
Thomas Danzer (SPD) found that citizens should not be made supplicants.
It would be better to think about further greening of public areas in the local council.
Halletz's colleague Harda von Poser also went with them.
The awareness of nature and species protection has grown in the past few years.
This should be taken into account in the local development.
In fact, citizens would even actively ask for advice, reported Mayor Jens Zangenfeind (FWG).
"Everything runs sensibly and peacefully with us." There is no need for a regulation.
"Each of us here on the committee has a sense of responsibility for nature." Halletz 'announcement of a referendum was rather angry at the council table.
Josef Schaftari (CSU) even described it as a "threat".
In the end, only the three Green municipal councils voted to issue a tree protection ordinance.
Managing director Randler defended himself against Halletz 'accusation of a tendentious formulation.
Actually, according to Randler, the application should not have been dealt with again after its rejection in 2014.
“According to the municipal code, a new issue is required for this.” That is why he had to respond to the latest developments.
