Ordinance Survey

The information you provide in this survey will be used to provide information on this website, regarding ordinances and regulations that may affect forest landowners and others involved with forestry practices, such as harvesting or cutting of trees. Forestlandowners and others are encouraged to use the information provided on this site to achieve compliance with local laws and regulations. Please see our project description for more information.

This survey may also be used by local officials as well to note any concerns or ordinances specific to forestry practices or the cutting of trees in their communities.

Your contact information will not be used for any other purpose except to contact you if there is a question about information you submit regarding ordinances.

Thank you for taking the time to provide information regarding local ordinances:

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Please list the cities or counties for which you work or where you work. If there are more than five, please list at least the first five in which you are most active: Please list the cities or counties for which your work or where you work.
Are you aware of or have you encountered ordinances or other regulations in your county, town, or city planning jurisdiction, which may affect forestry? (e.g. zoning, watershed, riparian buffer, landscaping, visual buffer, or tree preservation/tree protection/tree harvesting) Example: "City of Raleigh Tree Conservation Ordinance - Requires the regeneration of trees by the replanting of trees at the rate of one inch caliper tree measured six inches (6”) above the ground per every two hundred (200) square feet of tree disturbing activity area within 220 days of harvesting." Please respond with the following radio buttons even if the answer is "No" so that we can track responses from your jurisdiction(s): Encountered Ordinances: Yes or No Yes No If you answered "Yes" to this question please complete the remaining questions on this form.
Name of the county, town, or city where you encountered the ordinance(s): Please enter the county, town, or city (jurisdiction) where you encountered the ordinance.
Name, citation, type of ordinance(s) (e.g., zoning, watershed, riparian buffer, noise ordinance, visual buffer ordinance, landscaping ordinance, tree preservation/tree protection/tree harvesting) or other identifying information, including website location, so that we may obtain copies of the ordinance(s): Please enter identifying information for the ordinance(s).
Name of an agency, department, or contact person that could be contacted by other consulting foresters or landowners for more information about this ordinance or these ordinances: Please enter contact information for the ordinance(s).
From your experience with this ordinance or ordinances (e.g., zoning, watershed, tree preservation/tree protection/tree harvesting) how may they affect the ability to practice forestry (e.g., Harvesting, Replanting, Burning, Thinning)? Please list effects next to each ordinance: Example: "Visual Buffer Ordinance - Prohibited timber harvesting in a buffer area on forestland adjacent to a shopping center." Please describe effects of ordinance(s).
Please list any other information, thoughts, or comments that you would like to provide, with regards to the ordinance(s) you listed. Please list other information you would like to include.
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