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Attachment D City of Roseville Draft Tree Preservation Ordinance Planning Commission Public Hearing 10-6-15 1011.04 Tree Preservation and Restoration in All Districts 1 A.Intent and Purpose Commented \[BGA4\]: 2 The intent and purpose section draws from the existing ordinance and the City’s Arbor The City of Roseville recognizes that trees are a significant element of the community given 3 Day resolutions to explain why these regulations are necessary. their beauty (adding color and interest to the urban landscape, and being a source of joy and 4 spiritual renewal for many), their importance to the environment (purifying air and water, 5 helping to conserve soil and energy, reduction of noise and energy consumption, and 6 providing valuable habitat for all kinds of wildlife), and their positive impact on property 7 values (by providing buffering, protection of privacy, and a unique sense of place within 8 neighborhoods). 9 The purpose of this section is to protect and promote this important resource by: 10 1. Ensuring trees are protected when they are most vulnerable: during times of development; 11 2. Establishing reasonable requirements for replacement of significant trees lost due to 12 development; 13 3. Incentivizing the protection and planting of trees at all times for the benefits they provide; 14 4. Instituting plan requirements to ensure tree losses can be identified prior to development, 15 and that adequate replacement plantings will occur following land disturbances; 16 5. Providing for fair, effective, and consistent enforcement of the regulations contained 17 herein. 18 B.Applicability Commented \[BGA5\]: 19 Rather than tie these regulations to a term like “land alteration,” we’ve elected to identify 1. The regulations in this section shall apply to any individual, business or entity that applies 20 already existing permit applications that would trigger tree preservation requirements. Application for any of for one of the below permits or approvals. 21 these permits would now need the tree preservation plan sets required herein before the application would be a.An application for platting, re-platting, or any lot division application that does not 22 considered complete. qualify as a minor lot subdivision; or 23 Commented \[BGA6\]: At the request of Council, we b.A building permit application to construct a new principal structure or seeking to have exempted Minor Lot Subdivisions knowing that a 24 future building permit application will trigger the tree expand the footprint of an existing principal structure by more than 50%; or 25 inventory and preservation plan. While we are fine with this change, the City should understand the downside to c.A demolition permit seeking to remove more than 50% of a principal structure in 26 this approach: rather than a surveyor visiting the property anticipation of immediate or future redevelopment; or 27 once in preparation for subdivision, there will likely be two surveys: one by the developer, and one by the buyer d.A grading permit seeking to add, remove, or relocate more than 5000 square feet of 28 who will need to inventory trees. The buyer will be paying for the survey either way (either directly or dirt, or disturb more than 5000 square feet of ground cover. 29 through the price of the property); this approach may raise that cost. 2. If the Community Development Department determines that pre-application tree removal 30 occurred in order to circumvent the regulations in this section, the Department may Commented \[BGA7\]: These thresholds were set by 31 City staff based on erosion control permit requirements. require equivalent tree replacement as if a tree preservation plan had been submitted prior 32 to removal. Pre-application tree removal shall be considered removed within two years of 33 application. Any costs to estimate the removal may be charged to the applicant. Said 34 determinations may be appealed to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals under Section 35 1009.08 of this Title. 36 Page 1 of 11