Section K
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all development in the Santa Monica Mountains Coastal Zone
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Mitigation ratio for tree loss10 ratio
Should any of these trees be lost or suffer worsened health or vigor as a result of the proposed development, the applicant shall mitigate the impacts at a 10:1 ratio with seedling-sized trees.
- Monitoring period for encroachment10 years
Where development encroaches into less than 30 percent of the protected zone of native trees, each affected tree shall be monitored annually for a period of not less than 10 years.
- Protected zone definition
Protected Zone means that area within the dripline of the tree and extending at least five feet beyond the dripline, or 15 feet from the trunk of the tree, whichever is greater.
- Replacement planting program required
Any CDP that includes native tree removal or encroachment requiring mitigation above, shall include as a condition the requirement that the applicant shall submit a native tree replacement planting program...
From the ordinance
New development shall be sited and designed to preserve native oak, walnut, sycamore, bay, or other native trees, that have at least one trunk measuring six inches or more in diameter...