(A) Protective barricades required. Protective barricades including silt fencing shall be placed around all protected trees and grand trees located in development areas, and designated to be saved, prior to the start of development activities, and shall remain in place until development activities are complete. Protective barricades must use temporary chain link fencing for grand trees 24-inches DBH or greater. Orange construction fencing for all others. The fencing must contain the entire tree drip line; there maybe no trenching or grade changes within the zone.
(B) Paving or soil compaction prohibited. Except when authorized by an approved alternative landscaping plan (See § 166.02-08). paving within the drip line of a protected tree shall be prohibited. When authorized, the area within the drip line of any protected tree shall not be subject to paving or soil compaction greater than 10% of the total drip line square footage or within 12 feet of the tree trunk.
(C) Mulch required. A two inch layer of mulch shall be applied over the area within the tree protection barricades as well as the surface of exposed roots within the drip line during development.
(Ord. 05-10, passed 3-23-10; Am. Ord. 29-12, passed 3-12-13; Am. Ord. 25-16, passed 1-10-17; Am. Ord. 029-21, passed 12-14-21)