Actually they were oaks, but when this fella cut them to enlarge his store there was many letters written to the local paper’s editor and now they are going to try to pass this tree ordinance, supposedly it only hinders developers now, but they have attempted this in the past and their goal is to enlarge it to affect private citizens as well.
Sorry, in my opinion. ( above post )
If they confine it to developers the rule will likely stand. When they mess with the private homeowner then it won’t.