Private Property Rights. 3 Reasons Tree Cutting Ordinances Harm Property Rights.

Texas Public Policy Foundation lays out 3 reasons that local tree cutting ordinances harm private property rights:

  • private property rights include ownership of the natural resources (trees) contained with the land 
  • TPPF loops in Article I, Section 17 which says in rough terms, if the government takes property, the government pays
  • Trees are not a public resource, trees are a natural resource belinging to the property owner

 

The solution: “Texas Legislature should prohibit local governments from preventing the trimming or removal of trees or timber located on the landowner’s property “

TPPF | Local Overregulation: Tree-Cutting Ordinances 

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