§ 35-B125. Tree Permit—Tree Stand Delineation Plan Option.

As an alternative option to the tree preservation plan, a tree stand delineation plan may be submitted. The tree stand delineation plan shall include at a minimum a current aerial, satellite, photographic, or digital imagery in color and stored and analyzed by computer generated software such as but not limited to ArcView or AutoCAD with a minimum resolution of six-inch pixels with a scale of one inch equals four hundred feet (1" = 400'), and additional information contained herein. The applicant shall also provide a habitat compliance form consistent with section 35-B133, as applicable.

(a)

Number of Copies. The applicant shall submit a tree preservation permit application with three (3) sets of the tree stand delineation plan.

(b)

Format.

(1)

A vicinity map, project name, street address (or plat #, parcel #, or legal description), date, scale, north arrow and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the person(s) preparing the plan;

(2)

A tree preservation plan sheet with a current aerial photograph (a minimum resolution of six-inch pixels) with an overlay of the development, an outline of the tree area(s) and the tree area(s) and understory that are to be preserved to meet the requirement standards; and

(3)

Any aerial photograph that cannot be plotted on a single sheet shall be plotted with appropriate match lines on two (2) or more sheets. A tree preservation survey sheet may also include the tree area calculations and the tree protection notes at the discretion of the applicant. It is the applicant's responsibility to insure that all parts of the tree preservation plan are transferred to each appropriate person concerned with the development project.

(c)

Contents.

(1)

The location of property lines, existing grades and proposed grades, location and widths of existing and proposed streets and alleys, utility easements, driveways, parkways, and sidewalks on or adjacent to the project;

(2)

Approximate centerlines of existing watercourses and the location of the 100-year floodplain; approximate location of significant drainage features and any major topographical features, including environmentally sensitive areas such as steep slopes and riparian buffers with the applicable sixty or thirty-foot preserve area;

(3)

Basic descriptive information regarding the vegetation type(s) that are within the existing tree area(s) and within those areas that are to be preserved;

(4)

Tree protection notes, details and specifications that include the written and graphic information of acceptable and non-acceptable activities on the site and within the tree save areas to be preserved to meet the requirements for this standard; and

(5)

Tree stand delineation plans shall identify all heritage trees and tabulate total diameter inches and shall calculate final tree canopy cover with planted trees. The tree planting plans shall include designation (quantity, size and type) and desirable location.

(Ord. No. 97332 § 11) (Ord. No. 2009-08-20-0652, § 2, 8-20-09) (Ord. No. 2010-05-06-0376, § 4, 5-6-10)(Ord. No. 2015-12-17-1077 , § 2, 12-17-15)