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ATTACHMENT D ATTACHMENT AATTACHMENT B 33 b. The City may accept a cash-in-lieu tree replacement payment in accordance with the 34 required fee listed in the City Fee Schedule. In no instance shall a cash- in-lieu 35 payment exceed 10% of the Fair Market Value of the development site; or 36 c. The City may approve a combination of tree replacement in accordance with “a” 37 above and a payment consistent with “b” above to fulfill this requirement. (Ord. 1503, 38 7-11-2016) 39 To summarize the above standards, staff offers the list of requirements to assist in understanding 40 implementation of thissection: 41 A completed tree survey of property is submitted, which includes a calculation of the caliper 42 inches of replacement trees required. 43 Based on the submitted tree survey, the applicant can plant said caliper inches of trees on the 44 subject property; or 45 o Plant some of the caliper inches of trees on the subject property and plant 46 remainder of caliper inches on properties within 1,000 feet of the subject site; or 47 o Plant same as above and pay the City a tree replacement fee of $500 for each 3 48 inches of trees that cannot be planted. 49 The Whitcomb lot has a total of 22 trees. 6 trees are in poor condition and exempt from being 50 counted; 2 trees are ash and exempt from being counted; and 6 are being removed. After all 51 calculations and multipliers have been added, the Whitcomb lot is required to replace 77 caliper 52 inches of trees or 26 trees 3 caliper inches in size (see Attachment C – tree preservation plan). 53 Based on the size of the lot (.31 acres), the location of the home and driveway, and the locations 54 of 10 preserved trees, the property can comfortably accommodate 3 canopy trees without 55 crowding other trees (see Attachment D – forester comments). However, it may be possible to 56 plant 4 canopy trees and 2 ornamental trees on the property without crowding the existing trees 57 or negatively impacting the proposed improvements to the property. This would allow a total of 58 15 caliper inches to be implemented on site from the 77 required, resulting in a revised total of 59 62 inches or 21 trees. The remaining required trees would either need to be planted within 1,000 60 feet of the property or be required to pay a $500 per 3 caliper inches of replacement trees or a 61 $10,500 replacement. 62 The Whitcomb’s narrative states their belief the requirements of §1011.04.J.8 are unreasonable 63 and burdensome for a residential home builder to absorb into the overall cost to build a new 64 home. Specifically, the requirements are too expensive. Additionally, the applicant and/or their 65 builder are not interested in attempting a process to seek out property owners within 1,000 feet of 66 the subject property to plant trees as it is highly unlikely they could fulfill their required 21 trees, 67 but also because that process would expend an unreasonable amount of time and be overly 68 burdensome to take on in combination with building a new home (see Attachment D – narrative). 69 V ARIANCE A NALYSIS 70 Section 1009.04C of the City Code establishes a mandate the Variance Board make five specific 71 findings about a variance request as a prerequisite for approving the variance. Planning Division 72 staff has reviewed the application and offers the following draft findings: 73 a. The proposal is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The Roseville 2030 Comprehensive 74 Plan encourages the City to promote preservation, replacement, and addition of trees in the 75 community, as well as to promote well planned and coordinated development. Planning PF19-013_RVBA_907Burke_071019 Page 2 of 4