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City of Arden Hills Chapter 13 Zoning Code <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />RAMSEY COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2008-007 <br />AN ORDINANCE ADDING TREE PRESERVATION TO THE CITY'S ZONING CODE <br />The Arden Hills City Council hereby ordains that Chapter 13, Section 1305.04 and Section <br />1325.055, of the Arden Hills City Code and its subdivisions are hereby amended and <br />repealed to read as follows: <br />Tree Preservation Ordinance <br />1BiQ4111Mo SililfitfM, <br />Critical Root Zone. The minimum area around a tree that should remain undisturbed. To calculate the <br />critical root zone, measure the tree's caliper inches. For each caliper inch of tree, 1.5 feet of root radius <br />must be protected. For example, if a tree's is 10 caliper inches, then its critical root radius is 15 feet (10 x <br />1.5 = 15). The critical root zone is 30 feet. <br />Caliper Inches. The diameter of a tree measured at 4.5 feet above the ground. <br />Significant Tree. A tree that is important to the site and the neighborhood character, that is structurally <br />sound and healthy, and that meets at least one of the following standards: <br />A. A deciduous hardwood tree that is at least ten (10) caliper inches, including but not limited to, <br />ironwood, catalpa, oak, hard maple, walnut, hickory, birch, black cherry, hackberry, locust and <br />basswood. <br />B. A deciduous softwood tree that is at least twelve (12) caliper inches, including but not limited <br />to, cottonwood, poplarslaspen, box elder, willow, silver maple and elm. <br />C. A coniferous evergreen tree having foliage on the outermost portion of the branches year- <br />round and which is at least fifteen (15) feet or more in height. <br />D. A group of deciduous trees that are at least eight (8) caliper inches or coniferous trees that <br />are at least fifteen (15) feet in height, that provide a buffer or screening along an adjacent public <br />street or between differing land uses. <br />1325.055 Tree Preservation. <br />Subd. 1 Findings, Purpose and City Authority. <br />A. Findings and Purpose. The purpose of this section is to identify trees that are <br />to be saved when development or land disturbing activity is occurring. It is the <br />City's intent to protect, preserve, and enhance the natural environment of Arden <br />Section 1325.055 — Tree Preservation <br />Adopted: April 28, 2008 <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />