1150.05 TREE PRESERVATION.

   Tree Protection Plan: A plan prepared by a landscape architect or a tree forester shall be submitted as part of the landscaping plan. The plan shall be drawn at a scale not less than 1"=50' identifying and locating all individual trees or groups of trees of eight inches D.B.H. or greater. The tree protection plan shall identify all trees to be preserved, all trees to be removed, method of protection of trees to be preserved and any trees to be replaced or transplanted on the site. All trees or groups of trees eight inches or greater in D.B.H. to be preserved or removed shall be indicated on the tree protection plan.

   (a)   Existing trees of eight inches D.B.H. or greater or a grouping of trees with various diameter widths located within a required landscape perimeter, frontage or interior area, shall be preserved unless approved by the City to be removed or replaced.

   (b)   Existing specimen trees of eighteen inches D.B.H. or greater located within a required perimeter, frontage or interior area shall be preserved unless approved by the City to be removed or replaced. Specimen trees shall be located in a landscaped island adequate to protect the tree and root system.

   (c)   The City shall determine the number, type and location of replacement trees for any tree not preserved by the tree preservation plan.

   (d)   Additional trees may be preserved on the site above and beyond that required above. Such trees may be used for credit applied to trees which were to be preserved and removed. (Ord. 29-1999. Passed 10-12-99.)