Except for trees required to be removed to construct or clear for street right of ways, public easements, lakes or detention or retention basins, or other drainage ways, and public utilities, as a condition of the granting of a permit, the applicant shall be required to install trees on the following basis:
SCHEDULE OF THE MINIMUM NUMBER AND CALIPER OF TREES.
Zoning Districts* | Total Minimum Number of Trees** | Total Minimum dbh of Trees (in.)** |
R1-75, R1-100, R1-125, OF-C, RT-C, ER | ||
Individual lot: | 2 | 6 |
or | ||
Per Acre: (whichever is greater) | 20 | 80 |
R2-F per acre: | 20 | 100 |
RMF-1, PDA-1, PDA-2 per acre: | 20 | 100 |
PF, SR-1, SR-2, LB, GB, MS, R-RS, OB per acre: | 15 | 60 |
SC per acre: | 15 | 60 |
RD, CS, GI per acre: | 10 | 30 |
All other Districts per acre: | 20 | 80 |
* District abbreviations are set out in Section 1250.01.
** The total number and dbh of trees are in addition to trees required pursuant to Codified Ordinance Section 1228.01.
Developments shall meet or exceed the minimum of both the number and the caliper or dbh of trees on the site after construction or development and after all public utilities and drainage areas have been installed and approved by the City.
The requirements of this Section may be varied by the Coordinator of Natural Resources upon a showing that such requirements will create a hardship in the use of the site or if the applicant, in the sole judgment of the Coordinator of Natural Resources, utilizes alternative means of saving trees such as common areas with trees within the development or construction site. Each replacement tree shall be the State Department of Agriculture Nursery Grade No. 1 or better. A suggested list of kinds of replacement trees will be on file in the Coordinator of Natural Resources' office. The Coordinator of Natural Resources shall designate the location of the replacement or relocation or the tree(s) removed and shall base her/his designation on a determination of the location which will best serve to lessen the adverse impact considering the factors set forth under Section 1025.09(b). In the event a development is unable to comply with the requirements of this Section, as determined by the Planning Commission, then the applicant shall pay to the City for trees, in the amount provided for in this Section, to be planted somewhere else in the City of Strongsville by the City. Payment shall be made pursuant to Section 1228.01(h) of the Strongsville Codified Ordinances. The Coordinator of Natural Resources shall determine where these trees are to be planted in the City of Strongsville. (Ord. 2022-044. Passed 3-21-22.)