(A) Replacement of significant trees. Subdividers and/or home builders shall be required to replace significant trees which were indicated on the tree preservation plan to be saved but ultimately were destroyed or damaged. The subdivider and home builder shall be required to replace each significant tree destroyed or damaged with two replacement trees.
(B) Replacement trees; size. Replacement trees shall consist of nursery stock and be no less than the following sizes.
Coniferous trees | No less than 6 feet high |
Deciduous trees | No less than 2.5 inches in diameter |
(C) Replacement trees; species. Replacement trees shall be species similar to the trees which were destroyed or damaged and can include those species shown on the following table.
Coniferous trees | Austrian pine |
Black Hills spruce | |
Eastern red cedar | |
Fir | |
Northern white cedar | |
Red pine | |
White pine | |
White spruce | |
Deciduous trees | Birch |
Hackberry | |
Honey locust | |
Linden | |
Maple | |
Oak | |
(D) Unacceptable trees. The following trees are unacceptable because of structural instability, susceptibility to disease or because they are invasive species.
Coniferous | Colorado spruce |
Deciduous | Amur maple |
Cottonwood (seed producing) | |
Siberian elm | |
Silver maple | |
Ash |
(E) Replacement trees; placement. Replacement trees shall not be placed on easements or street rights-of-way. The Zoning Administrator shall determine the locations of tree replacement for subdividers' tree plans.
(F) Replacement trees; removal and replacement. Any replacement tree which is not alive or healthy, as determined by the Zoning Administrator, or which subsequently dies due to construction activity within one year after the date of project closure, shall be removed by the applicant and replaced with a new healthy tree meeting the same minimum size requirements within eight months of removal.
(Prior Code, § 12-9-5) (Ord. 259, passed 5-4-2006)