(1) Subdividers and/or home builders shall be required to replace significant trees which were indicated on the tree preservation plan to be saved but ultimately were destroyed or damaged. Each significant tree that was supposed to be saved but was destroyed or damaged shall be replaced with two replacement trees.
(2) Replacement trees shall consist of nursery stock and be no less than the following sizes:
(a) Deciduous trees: No less than two and one-half inches in diameter; and
(b) Coniferous trees: No less than six feet high;
(3) Replacement trees shall be species similar to the trees which were destroyed or damaged and can include those species shown on the following table:
(a) Deciduous trees: maple, oak, linden, ash, honeylocust, birch, hackberry; and
(b) Coniferous trees: fir, red pine, white spruce, eastern red cedar, black hills spruce, white pine, Austrian pine, northern white cedar.
(4) Unacceptable trees: The following trees are unacceptable because of structural instability, susceptibility to disease, or because they are invasive species:
(a) Deciduous: Norway maple, Siberian elm, silver maple, cottonwood, amur maple; and
(b) Coniferous: Colorado spruce.
(5) Replacement trees shall not be placed on easements or street rights-of-way. Prior to planting replacement trees, the subdivider or home builder shall submit for city review and approval the locations of the replacement trees.
(Ord. 04-03, passed 2-24-2003)