heritage trees on commerical lot

[Santosh M.]

We am looking to purchase a commercial lot in Georgetown TX, and the lot has almost 5 heritage oak trees, the lot is around 0.9 acre. I am trying to understand if they would be any challenges with purchasing a lot that has quite a few oak trees as they can't be removed as there are policies around tree removals. could i build a small office commercial unit of about 5000 sq.ft in this lot? would having 5 heritage oak trees create challenges with the biddable area and if I am trying to sell this property in the future? thanks!

[Dave Kush]

Good Afternoon! 

I think more info is needed to provide an answer. If they are near each other and in one spot, it *probably* would be possible to build around them. If they are spread out, could be a different story. 

[Henry T.]

Aw jeez, I thought only Seattle had to deal with this insanity.  If you have restrictions like we do, I would avoid that headache.

[Santosh M.]

thank you all for the responses. The trees unfortunately are not together. Two of them are at the end of the lot, one is across the corner and the other two at the other end of the lot.

[Bill B.]

Just another “illegal taking” my your local government. They want to enjoy your trees without paying for them. Imagine if you had a 4 trees in a lowercase across your land making it completely useless. They’d say sorry about that, without the sorry part. 

[Scott Mac]

It would help to have a (survey) drawing showing the lot along with any easements, and take that too your architect.

There are building codes as well as set back laws that you must obey.

You also may be required to have certain drainage features built into the land, building setbacks from the curb, number of parking spaces, number of handi-cap parking spaces, space for trash, et cetera.

There may also be requirements for driveways And fire access.

In a nutshell, there doesn't seem to be any way for this to be answered in a forum.

It seems a good question to be answered by a good commercial architect in the area.

Good Luck!

[Santosh M.]

thank you everyone!