(a) Any application for development or demolition shall be accompanied by a statement by a designated arborist which discloses whether any protected trees exist on the property which is the subject of the application, and describing each such tree, its species, size, dripline area, and location. This requirement shall be met by including the information on plans submitted in connection with the application.
(b) In addition, the location of all other trees on the property and in the adjacent public right-of-way which are within thirty feet of the building footprint proposed for development, and trees located on adjacent property within thirty feet of the proposed building footprint or with canopies overhanging the project site, shall be shown on the plans, identified by species.
(c) The director of public works or urban forester may require submittal of such other information as is necessary to further the purposes of this chapter including but not limited to photographs.
(d) Disclosure of information pursuant to this section shall not be required when the development for which the approval or permit is sought does not involve any change in an existing building footprint nor any grading, trenching, paving, or any change in landscaping which could alter water availability to established plants, hedges, shrubs, or trees.
(e) The urban forester or the designated arborist for a project shall add identified protected trees into the city's tree inventory database, and in coordination with the planning and development services departments, into city parcel reports.
(f) Knowingly or negligently providing false or misleading information in response to this disclosure requirement shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 5557 § 4 (part), 2022: Ord. 4568 § 1 (part), 1999)