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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2007- <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE ~300.28, SUBD. 19 <br />REGARDING TREE PROTECTION <br /> <br />The City of Minnetonka Ordains: <br /> <br />Section 1. City code ~300.28, subd. 19 is amended as foil <br /> <br /> <br />prevent or reduce soil <br /> <br />19. Performance Standards RegulLlting Tree RemovalP <br /> <br />a) Purpose. Standards governing the preserv <br />are necessary to: <br /> <br />1) prevent tree loss by eliminatin <br />excavation near tree roots; <br /> <br />2) <br />3) <br />4) <br />5) <br />6) <br />7) <br />establish' <br /> <br />improve air quality an <br /> <br />lation and shading; <br /> <br />are <br /> <br />rs between similar land uses and <br />onflicting land uses; and <br /> <br />and extent of trees which exist in the city and which <br />tity. <br /> <br />cj In enforcing this ordinance, the city may give preference to the preservLltion of <br />higher quality significant trees over less desirable trees. ^ tree may be considered of <br />higher quality based on its species, size, location, or other relevant factors. The city <br />forester will establish a list of species that are considered less desirable, and this list will <br />be kept on file in the planning department. <br /> <br />d) The city may require that a preperty be rezoned and developed as a planned unit <br />development to utilize f1mcible development standards to preserve significant trees; the <br /> <br />The stricken language is deleted; the underlined language is inserted. <br />