(a) Professional Preparation. Tree Protection Plans shall be prepared by a professional landscape architect, urban forester, or arborist in accordance with the specifications for such plans contained herein.
(b) Location and Design Implementation. The Tree Location Plan shall be shown on a copy of the preliminary plan, sketch plan, or site plan, as appropriate to the proposed development, drawn to the same scale as the other plan documents prepared for a land disturbance permit application on the property, and shall cover the same area. The plan may be combined with a required buffer and landscape plan for the project, at the option of the developer.
(c) Content. The Tree Protection Plan shall provide sufficient information and detail to clearly demonstrate that all applicable requirements and standards of this chapter will be fully satisfied. The Tree Protection Plan shall contain but need not be limited to the following:
(1) Project name; land district, land lot and parcel number; north arrow and scale.
(2) Developer’s name, address and telephone number.
(3) The name, address and telephone number of the professional landscape architect, urban forester or arborist responsible for preparation of the plan, and the seal or statement of professional qualifications of said person (which may be attached separately).
(4) Delineation of all minimum yard areas, buffers and landscape areas as required by the Zoning Ordinance or conditions of zoning approval.
(5) Total acreage of the site and total acreage exclusive of all zoning buffer areas.
(6) Existing trees to be retained in tree protection program: trunk location and size (to the nearest inch in diameter at or below diameter breast height) of individual trees proposed to remain for credit toward meeting the minimum tree density standard on the property. Groups of three or more trees, whose driplines combine into a single tree protection area may be outlined as a group and their number, by diameter, shown in the summary table. If the number and size of all existing trees to remain on the site exceed the required tree density standard for the entire site, only those trees required to meet the minimum tree density standard must be shown. All Tree Protection Areas are to be outlined and labeled.
(7) Tree protection measures:
A. A detail or description of the protective tree fencing, staking or continuous ribbon to be installed, and the location of such measures, which at a minimum shall follow the dripline of all trees to be retained along adjoining areas of clearing, grading or other construction activity.
B. Measures to be taken to avoid soil sedimentation intrusion into Tree Protection Areas and the location of such devices.
C. Proposed location of temporary construction activities such as equipment or worker parking, material storage, burnholes, equipment washdown areas, and entrance paths.
D. Proposed type and location of any tree save area signs or other pertinent signage.
(8) If new trees are proposed to be planted in order for the property to achieve the required tree density standard, the new trees shall be shown in their spacing and diameter identified, to the extent needed to achieve the minimum requirements. Trees grouped together in Tree Planting Areas may be listed on the summary table by total number in the grouping, by size.
(9) A summary table of the number of existing trees to remain and new trees to be planted, by diameter to the nearest inch, at or below dbh, shall be shown along with the calculations showing the tree density achieved for the site. Additional credit shall be noted where applicable (see Section 1335.05(a)). Groupings of trees in Tree Protection Areas for new tree planting may be keyed to the summary table by area rather than having each tree individually labeled on the plan.
The plan sheet which shows the grading plan, including existing and proposed contour lines, shall indicate the dripline location of all Tree Protection Areas through the use of shading on the plans. The exact location of each tree does not have to be shown only the limits of the Tree Protection Area and any other areas which are not to be disturbed.
(Ord. 14-05. Passed 5-3-05.)