Government
‘The Death of Tree One Is All But a Certainty’: Homeowner Appeals Tree Removal on Country Club Road
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A Country Club Road resident is seeking monetary damages from the town and a halt to any further tree removal or pruning on her property following what her attorneys are calling the ill-conceived and illegal removal of limbs from a tree not located in the public right-of-way, according to a civil complaint. The owner of 259 Country Club Road also is seeking statutory damages (under a state law regarding tree removal) and reimbursement of legal costs after New Canaan’s tree warden later turned down her objection to planned tree removal of two trees in a denial that “was retaliatory in nature for the plaintiff’s reaction to the [tree warden’s] mistake and errors with respect to” the first tree, according to a complaint dated Feb. 8 and received Feb. 11 by the town. On Dec.