City of Northfield - Procedures | Residential Lots (Excluding Major and Minor Subdivisions)

Residential Lots (Excluding Major and Minor Subdivisions)

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§ 215-169: Residential lots (excluding major and minor subdivisions).

Applicability. Except as provided in § 215-167, Exemptions, any residential lot that is removing more than three trees with DPMs between eight inches and 12 inches within the building setback area, in any consecutive two-year period, shall submit an application for a tree removal/protection permits to the Office of the City Zoning Officer. The application and development proposal shall conform to the provisions contained herein.

Application form.

(1)

The tree removal/protection application form shall be available from the Zoning Officer and the office of the Zoning Officer, and shall be identical to that required for major/minor subdivisions and site plans, and shall require all of the same information to be provided.

(2)

Where a highly desirable specimen tree is worthy of preservation, an applicant may submit a variance application to the appropriate agency without cost to provide flexibility for relocating a structure outside of the building envelope.

(3)

No application fee is required for any single-family residential property.

Sketch data. A sketch shall be provided with the application, showing the location of the trees to be removed with a DPM of eight inches or greater and their proximity to existing and/or proposed structures and property lines. The sketch shall also show areas reserved for topsoil stockpiling and storage of construction equipment.

Design requirement.

(1)

Trees to be removed shall be only those trees necessary to permit the construction of buildings, structures, decks, driveways, lawn area, swimming pools and the like.

(2)

Existing vegetation shall be preserved to the greatest extent feasible. Trees located beyond 15 feet of a building foundation or driveway shall be preserved unless an exemption is granted by the receiving agency.

(3)

Subsection F of this section shall be considered in the decision to permit the removal of any regulated trees.

Site protection. Site protection measures shall be provided in accordance with Subsection F(3)(b).

Additional tree removal criteria. In addition to the design requirements stated above, the City or its Zoning Officer may grant a tree removal permit based upon one or more of the following circumstances: (Reserved)

Review by Zoning Board. If, in the opinion of the City or its Zoning Officer, the request for tree removal does not satisfy any of the above criteria, the applicant may request that the application be forwarded to be Planning/Zoning Board for action. Decisions of the Planning/Zoning Board are final.

Tree replacement.

(1)

For every tree removed with a DPM of eight inches or greater but less than 18 inches, either as not approved by application or accidentally injured during construction, a replacement tree shall be planted on the residential lot under an approved permit. Said replacement shall be a minimum of 2 1/2 inches' caliper, shall be of a species similar to that of the tree removed, and shall be planted within the two-year time period associated with the application.

(2)

For every tree removed with a DPM of 18 inches or greater, either as approved by application or accidentally injured during construction, two replacement trees shall be planted on the residential lot. Said replacements shall be of a minimum of 2 1/2 inches' caliper, shall be species similar to that of the tree removed, and shall be planted within the two-year time period associated with the application.

(3)

The developer or property owner shall post a bond of $200 per required replacement tree at the time of submitting the request for a tree removal/protection permit, to satisfy the requirements above. Bond money will be returned upon the full completion of tree replacements. Bond monies will be forfeited to the Tree Bank Fund of § 215-170B if full replacements are not completed within two years of the granting of the tree removal/protection permit.

City option. If the City should decide that the applicant will not be required to replace the required trees on his site; the City may require the applicant to contribute $200 per tree not replaced, which monies shall be deposited into the Tree Bank Fund of § 215-170B.

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