(A) Authority.
(1) City to control. The city shall have authority and control over all trees, earth materials, or other landscaping materials, lying within the city limits.
(2) Prohibited conduct. No person shall engage in major projects, as defined herein, or any clearing or removal of any significant tree (public or private) within the city limits or its area of impact without having complied with the provisions of this section.
(B) Land clearing and grading permit. Obtain a land clearing and grading permit from the city by submitting an appropriate application to the City Clerk. Said procedure for securing such permit shall be as follows:
(1) Application for certificate of appropriateness. Obtain, from the City Clerk, an application for a certificate of appropriateness, which shall be approved of by the Historic Preservation Commission or the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission (hereafter referred to as the Planning and Zoning Commission) after a hearing is held and a proposed plan for the project is approved;
(2) Certificate of compliance. Having obtained from the appropriate local, state, or federal agency a certificate of compliance or a permit (e.g., fire hazard management agreement, notification of forest practice agreement with the State Department of Lands, or other like certificate or permit from such agencies as the Department of Water Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Lands, Bureau of Land Management, National and/or State Forest Service, or other appropriate agency); and
(3) Approval of permit. Following approval of the certificate of appropriateness and the receipt by the property owner of all other necessary or required certificates or permits, the owner shall cause each such certificate or permit to be filed with the City Clerk, who may issue a permit.
(Prior Code, § 11-1-3) (Ord. 2004-02, passed 5-17-2004; Ord. 2022-02, passed 4-13-2022) Penalty, see § 154.99