A tree permit application shall be granted for the following:
(a) Where a permit has been requested with regard to occupied property for which a valid certificate of occupancy has been issued, which property is less than one acre in area, for the removal or transplanting of three trees of eight inches DBH or greater within a calendar year or not more than ten percent of the total number of trees of eight DBH or greater on the property, whichever is less. This provision shall not apply to landmark trees.
(b) Where a permit has been requested with regard to occupied property for which a valid certificate of occupancy has been issued, which property is one acre or more in area, for the removal or transplanting of eight trees of eight inches DBH or greater within a calendar year or not more than ten percent of the total number of trees of eight inches DBH or greater on the property, whichever is less. This provision shall not apply to landmark trees.
(Ord. 682. Passed 8-18-99; Ord. 829. Passed 6-14-06.)