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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 24, 2015 Page 40 Mayor Roe clarified that they were not required if exempted in minor subdivi- sions, but required by the Building Permit for at least 50% of the structure which should address any new construction; but not an issue created by the subdivision itself. Councilmember Willmus reiterated that he still wanted to look at it. To that point, Councilmember Etten referenced situations where people may di- vide properties and remove trees before actually proposing a development to skirt the tree preservation issue. Since the current tree preservation ordinance was enacted, Mr. Paschke advised that he was not aware of any such situations with trees cut down or complaints to that effect. Mr. Paschke opined that most people are conscious of regulations and any property owner doing minor code provisions similar to those being proposed and seemed amenable to them, mostly affecting smaller developers building on vacant lots of split lots. Under the proposed ordinance, Mayor Roe sought comment from Mr. Gozola on how to avoid the potential concern raised by Councilmember Etten about some- one taking out trees in anticipation of a replatting application. Mr. Gozola responded that one of the main ways cities addressed that concern was in requiring permits to cut down trees, but recognized that the City of Rose- ville wished to avoid that and therefore had not proposed such a provision. Councilmember Etten stated that he was fine in exempting minor lot splits as he didn't consider that to be a potential major issue; but his concern was in demoli- tion for new construction and heavy impacts with clear cutting on adjacent prop- erties. Councilmember McGehee expressed her concern in looking more closely at im- pact zones around roots, questioning whether that should be exempt related to mi- nor subdivisions. Councilmember Etten noted the proposed provision for a tree inventory of trees along property lines that may be impacted but not on the subject property. Councilmember McGehee suggested she discuss her additional concerns offline as she had numerous issues that she didn't see addressed in this draft, some of which included habitat, clustering, techniques for boulevard trees. However, Councilmember McGehee expressed appreciation for providing that decisions would be made by registered foresters or certified arborists as addressed in the beginning of the document, but preferred consistency in qualifications throughout the ordinance for those specifications.