Ord_1606 PASSED (edited for Indoor Entertainment)

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a. Any tree, not previously identified for removal, that is determined by the City Forester or 3949 other degreed forester or certified arborist as assigned by the Community Development 3950 Department to be destroyed or damaged as a result of development activity shall be replaced 3951 at the following rates: 3952 Category Replacement Rate Heritage Trees 2.5 Significant Trees 1.5 Common Trees 1.0 b. Unauthorized tree removal which results in mandatory replacement shall require the applicant 3953 to prepare or update a final planting plan as required by Section 1011.04(G)(3)(c). 3954 Replacement plantings shall only occur once authorized by the City Forester or other degreed 3955 forester or certified arborist as assigned by the Community Development Department. 3956 L. Certification of Compliance with Approved Landscape Plan. Upon completion of construction 3957 activity and/or required landscaping, the Developer shall notify the City and request an inspection of 3958 the work. Following the inspection, the City shall notify the Developer that additional work is still 3959 required, or issue a letter finding that all plantings have been satisfactorily completed. The required 3960 warranty period for plantings shall begin on the date of the issued satisfactory completion letter. 3961 M. Warranty Requirement 3962 1. New Development Sites: The Developer shall provide a financial guarantee, in a form satisfactory 3963 to the City, prior to the approval or issuance of any permit for land alteration. 3964 a. The amount of the guarantee shall be 125% of the estimated cost to furnish and plant 3965 replacement trees. The estimated cost shall be provided by the Developer subject to approval 3966 by the City. The estimated cost shall be at least as much as the reasonable amount charged by 3967 nurseries for the furnishing and planting of replacement trees. The City reserves the right in 3968 its sole discretion to determine the estimated cost in the event the Developer’s estimated cost 3969 is not approved. 3970 b. The security shall be maintained for at least 2 years after the date that the last replacement 3971 tree has been planted. Upon a showing by the Developer and such inspection as may be made 3972 by the City, that portion of the security may be released by the City equal to 125% of the 3973 estimated cost of the replacement trees which are alive and healthy at the end of such year. 3974 Any portion of the security not entitled to be released at the end of the year shall be 3975 maintained and shall secure the Developer’s obligation to remove and replant replacement 3976 trees which are not alive or are unhealthy at the end of such year and to replant missing trees. 3977 Upon completion of the replanting of such trees the entire security may be released. 3978 2. Development or Redevelopment of Existing Lots: The developer shall provide a cash escrow in 3979 the amount of $500.00 to guarantee compliance with the requirements of this Ordinance. Said 3980 security shall be released upon compliance by the developer to the satisfaction of the City. 3981 Notwithstanding the foregoing, no portion of the security shall be released while there are 3982