(A) (1) The Board of Aldermen recognizes the importance of adequately protecting trees during the construction phase of developments. To this end, no excavation or other subsurface disturbances may be undertaken within the critical root zone of a tree. The critical root zone is defined as the ground area around a tree trunk with a radius (in feet) that is twice the diameter of the tree (in inches) measured at breast height (e.g., a ten-inch diameter tree requires a 20-foot radius of protection). Said critical root zone shall be marked by means of a barrier fence that meets the design construction standards contained in §§ 153.285 through 153.290.
(2) In cases where, because of utility extension, sidewalk installation or other site improvements, it is neither prudent nor possible to avoid land disturbance activity in the critical root zone area, the developer shall, upon consultation with the Zoning Administrator and town groundskeeper, be responsible for providing the town with a root disturbance mitigation plan which shall outline a specific course of action for minimizing damage to a tree's root system.
(B) If space that would otherwise be devoted to parking cannot be so used because of the requirements of division (A) above and, as a result, the parking requirements set forth in §§ 153.205 through 153.217 cannot be satisfied, the number of required spaces may be reduced by the number of spaces "lost" up to a maximum of 15% of the required spaces.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)