The tree preservation plan shall be reviewed by city staff to assess the best possible layout to preserve significant trees and significant woodlands and to enhance the efforts to minimize damage to significant trees and significant woodlands. The applicant shall meet with the city prior to submittal of the subdivision application or prior to application for the grading permit, whichever is sooner, to determine the most feasible and practical placement of buildings, parking, driveways, streets, storage and other physical features, in order that the fewest significant trees and significant tree stands are destroyed or damaged. The subdivision tree preservation plan shall follow the preliminary plat/final plat review process. Individual lot tree preservation plans shall be processed with the building permit.
(Prior Code, § 12-9-6) (Ord. 259, passed 5-4-2006)