During the planning stages of development, the developer, planner and engineer are required to consider utilizing existing trees in their development plan. Site grading, band building and parking locations should be planned with consideration of their impact on existing trees. Development plans must include a tree survey showing:
Replanting of trees is required for those trees where removal is necessary to facilitate development. For development of new sites, trees must be replaced at a rate of 1/2 of the total caliper inches removed. On redevelopment sites, trees must be replaced at a rate of one caliper inch of replacement for every inch removed.
Certain situations are exempt from tree replacement. They are: