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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08141997 ZPC Agendar~ L.J • CJl .A W N ~ D 0 ~ z m Z ~ D ~ ~ ~ D r O z C ~ m cn rnn o~ ~ N ~ ~ ~ Wm ~~ r~ Op ~z ~, o D~ ~ ~~ W ~ O~ n~ ~~ <~ ~m ~~ z~ D~ O n O~ ~m ~o DD ~~ ~~ ~o ~ O~ Z~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~n ~O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Wm ~~ r~ Op ~z DO Q° m co ~ W ~ W ~ O~ ~~ ~ ~O ~~ ~m m~ ~~ ~r O~ Zn ~D ~ ~ nm m° ~~ ~~ ~~ O~ Z~ . ~ 00 ~ ~ 2 m ~ Z G~ O ~ m ~ 0 m z ~ • ~~ N z Z G) D ~ CZ(m~ C~~C~ o~vC,~~~ orn~m~Z z ~D~mv~i~ cfl~C/~~ ~p00 ~z~ ~ ~ Z ~ CHAPTER 22 Urban Forest Preservation and Enhancement ~~ i Sec. 22.003. Tree disposition (for building permits); tree surveys (a) General requirement. Every permit for development or pre-development activity must contain tree disposition conditions meeting the requirements of this section. (b) Essential and mandatory conditions. Tree disposition conditions aze the most important means of protecting the urban forest of the City from unreasonable harm during development and pre- development activity. Tree disposition conditions shall: • (1) Prohibit removal of or damage to any large tree, except): (i) removal of a tree which is diseased, severely damaged or dead may be authorized; and (ii) damage to or removal of a tree which causes an unreasonable impediment to the use and enjoyment of the applicant's property may be authorized; and ('iu) damage to or removal of a low-value tree may be authorized. (2) Require replacement trees, to the extent provided in the criteria manual, for any large trees authorized to be Damaged or Removed. F.xception: No replacement is required for low- value trees. (3) Require protection for large trees (and Critical Root Zones). The conditions may specify the methods of protection to be used. ' (4) Require that any authorized damage to tre~s be minimized and mitigated. The conditio~ may speciFy methods of mitigation to be used. (5) Require, if there is major development, that the affected subject site attain a minimum plandng standard of tree density as set.forth in the criteria manual. (c) Procedure. The building official shall not issue any permit for any development or Pre- development Activity unless all the following have first occurred: (1) Tree Survey. The applicant must have filed a tree survey, and the urban forester must have approved it for compliance with this chapter. (2) Tree Disposition Conditions. Tree disposition conditions approved by the urban forester must have been inserted into the pernut. The urban forester may require all persons owning land where a tree is located to agree to any removal of or damage to the tree authorized by the conditions. (d) "Low-impact" exception. Except for the requirement to insert the mandatory conditions, this section does not apply to a subject site, project or other activity that will not have any significant, adverse effect upon any large tree, as determined by the urban forester. h:newtreef.orm •