Sec. 24-86 to 24-92

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• Landscape plan preparer qualification

  A Virginia registered landscape architect, a member of the Virginia Society of Landscape Designers, or a Certified Virginia Nurseryman with experience preparing planting plans and landscape construction drawings, shall prepare landscape plans for projects that propose a new building or group of new buildings whose building footprint(s) exceeds 2,500 square feet; or propose site improvements which result in the disturbance of 5,000 or more square feet of land area.

• Landscape plan and tree clearing and protection plan required

  A landscape plan and tree clearing and protection plan is required for any site plan or residential subdivision plan for development subject to sections 24-100(f) and (g) and shall be submitted at the time of application for plan approval.

• Phased clearing plan required for sites over 25 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.25 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

  A phased clearing plan shall be required to be submitted with the tree clearing and protection plan on all sites upon which more than 25 acres are disturbed.

• Tree protection standards

  Existing mature trees shall be preserved except in impervious areas and impervious cover shall be limited to the extent permitted in the county's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance. Existing mature and specimen trees shall be integrated into the overall plan of development and shall be preserved so as to promote the intent of this section.

• Tree removal restriction

  All tree removal shall be limited to the area required for the practical development of the site. No clear cutting shall be permitted except when it is shown that the complete removal of vegetation is necessary for the development of the site.