MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: January 31, 2021 429 A public hearing on draft tree regulations and an ordinance amending the Edmonds Community Development Code to allow hotels as a permitted use in the area zoned Commercial Waterfront are among the items on the Edmonds City Council’s Tuesday, Feb. 2 agenda. The council discussed the draft regulations at its Jan. 26 meeting, and the public now has a chance to comment on them. The proposed code aims to improve tree retention with new development on private property. It would also implement low-impact development principles, would establish a tree fund into which development contributions or tree penalties can be tracked — with the proceeds spent on tree planting and preservation — and provide updates to definitions, the city’s existing permitting process and the penalties for tree cutting.