Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- creek bank
- Applies within
- 30 ft
- Geographic extent
- Citywide; applies to protected trees on public or private property, including within rights-of-way and easements. Native riparian trees within 30 feet of creek bank are specifically defined.
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Fencing required at protected perimeter during construction
Before starting, the applicant shall securely fence off every protected tree or grouping of protected trees at the protected perimeter.
- In-lieu payment per replacement tree125 dollars
Alternatively, the applicant may make an in lieu payment of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for each replacement tree otherwise required.
- Distance from creek bank for native riparian tree definition30 ft
Native Riparian tree is a native tree within thirty (30) feet of the edge of a creek bank...
- No burning or open flame within protected perimeter
No burning or use of equipment with an open flame may occur near or within the protected perimeter.
- No significant grade change within dripline
No significant change in existing ground level may be made within the dripline of a protected tree.
- No imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. paving within protected perimeter
No concrete, asphalt or other impervious paving shall be placed within the protected perimeter of a protected tree.
- No supplementary irrigation within protected perimeter of native oak
No supplementary irrigation shall occur within the protected perimeter of a native oak.
- Permit required for removal/destruction of protected tree
No person may remove or destroy a protected tree without a Category I or Category II permit as provided in Sections 17.21.4 and 17.21.5.
- Protected perimeter distance from dripline10 ft
Protected perimeter means the area around the tree within the dripline plus a ten-foot-wide strip of ground surrounding the dripline.
- Minimum replacement tree caliper0.75 in
plant 1 native tree with a diameter no less than 0.75 inches.
- Replacement trees per 6 inches of diameter1 tree per 6 in
For each six inches or fraction thereof of the aggregate diameter of trees approved for destruction or removal, the applicant shall plant 1 native tree with a diameter no less than 0.75 inches.
- Percentage of replacement requirement that can be shrubs33.33 pct
One-third of the replacement tree requirement may be fulfilled by planting native shrubs that mature at a height no less than five feet.
- Trenching restrictions within protected perimeter
Trenching for utilities shall avoid interfering with roots of protected trees wherever possible. If complete avoidance of the root zone is impractical, a tunnel shall be made below the roots.
- In-lieu payment per replacement tree for violation675 dollars
the property owner shall make an in-lieu payment of six hundred seventy-five dollars ($675.00), adjusted for the cost of living from year 2002...
- Replacement trees per 6 inches for violation2 tree per 6 in
Replacement trees in at least twenty-four- (24) inch boxes shall be planted in the following ratio: two replacement trees for each six inches or fraction thereof of the diameter of each tree removed or destroyed.
From the ordinance
No person may remove or destroy a protected tree without a Category I or Category II permit as provided in Sections 17.21.4 and 17.21.5.