(A) Schedule.
Size of Tree Damaged or Destroyed | Number of Replacement Trees | ||
Category A | Category B | Category C | |
Coniferous, 12 to 24 feet high | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Coniferous, 24 feet or higher | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Hardwood deciduous, 6 to 20 inches diameter | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Softwood deciduous, 20 to 30 inches diameter | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Softwood deciduous, greater than 30 inches diameter | 2 | 4 | 8 |
(B) Significant woodland replacement. Where replacement of a significant woodland is required, the applicant shall be responsible for furnishing and installing 1 Category A replacement tree, 2 Category B replacement trees, or 4 Category C replacement trees for every 125 square feet of significant woodland damaged or destroyed, or any increment thereof.
(C) Size of replacement trees.
(1) Category A trees shall be no less than the following sizes:
(a) Deciduous trees, not less than 4 caliper inches;
(b) Coniferous trees, not less than 12 feet in height.
(2) Category B trees shall be no less than the following sizes:
(a) Deciduous trees, not less than 2-1/2 caliper inches;
(b) Coniferous trees, not less than 6 feet in height.
(3) Category C trees shall be no less than the following sizes:
(a) Deciduous trees, not less than 1-1/2 caliper inches;
(b) Coniferous trees, not less than 4 feet in height.
(D) Species requirement. Where 10 or more replacement trees are required, not more than 50% of the replacement trees shall be of the same species of tree without the approval of the city. No replacement tree shall be an exempt tree.
(E) Warranty requirement. Any replacement tree which is not alive or healthy, as determined by the city, or which subsequently dies due to construction activity within 1 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 8 months of removal.
(F) Additional requirements. The replanting of trees for mitigation shall be in addition to any other landscape requirements of the city.
(Ord. 537, passed 11-8-2004; Am. Ord. 596, passed 2-8-2010; Am. Ord. 655, passed 3-14-2016)