(A) 
Tree Management Plan Required.
A Tree Management Plan is required for any development proposing to remove protected trees, prior to the removal of any protected tree, for all applicable development as outlined in Section 4.54.1 of this Article 4. The Planning Director, or the Director’s designee, may, upon a written request, waive the requirement for a separate Tree Management Plan for development or redevelopment sites that require removal of five or fewer protected trees where the tree management information is presented on the screening and landscaping plans.
(B) 
Responsible Official.
The Planning Director, or the Director’s designee, is the official responsible for the review and approval or denial of a Tree Management Plan.
(C) 
Application Submittal.
(1) 
A Tree Management Plan may be submitted with the screening and landscaping plans (see Section 4.31), or with an appropriate development application (whichever occurs first).
(2) 
If neither a zoning application nor plat is required, a Tree Management Plan must be submitted as part of the initial development application.
(D) 
Requirements.
A Tree Management Plan must be prepared by a certified arborist or registered landscape architect (unless waived by the Planning Director, or the Director’s designee, pursuant to above Subsection (A) of this Section 4.56) and must include the following information:
(1) 
A layout of the intended development, including the building footprint and parking areas.
(2) 
A Tree Inventory that is completed no more than two years (that is, 730 calendar days) prior to the date of submission, and also prepared by a certified arborist or registered landscape architect.
(3) 
The location, diameter inch, and species of existing protected trees on the site.
(4) 
The location and an itemized list of trees, by size and species, proposed for removal, and indicating the total aggregate value in diameter inches.
(5) 
The location and an itemized list of the trees, by size and species, to be preserved, and indicating the total aggregate value in diameter inches.
(6) 
The existing and proposed grades at the base of the trees to be preserved.
(7) 
The protective measures and barriers to be used during construction to preserve the protected trees that are to remain.
(8) 
A plan for the mitigation of tree diameter inches required to be replaced that indicates the proposed location, size, and species of trees planned for removal, as well as for the trees that will be preserved.
(9) 
Phantom lines that depict streets, rights-of-way, easements, and other improvements in order to clearly indicate how the proposed development relates to the existing trees that are planned for removal, and to the new trees that are proposed to replace them.
(E) 
Action - Approval or Denial.
A Tree Management Plan will be preliminarily reviewed by the Planning Director, or the Director’s designee, as part of the initial development application. Final review and approval of a Tree Management Plan occurs in conjunction with review and approval of the Site Engineering or Building Construction Drawings, whichever is required first.
(F) 
Effect - Tree Removal Authorization.
Approval of a Tree Management Plan by the Planning Director, or Director’s designee, results in a Tree Removal Authorization. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or destroy any protected tree without first obtaining Tree Removal Authorization, except as provided for residential lots in Section 4.54.1(B).
(G) 
Sites That Are Not Involved in the Development Process.
A person, property owner, or developer must comply with the following procedures, as applicable, of this Subsection (G) in situations where no site permits, building permits, or proposed development plans are being sought (the following procedures apply to all trees on a property):
(1) 
Before any tree can be removed, including protected trees, a Tree Removal Permit must be obtained from the Planning Department. Protected trees are as defined by Section 4.55 of Article 4 in this Chapter 4.
(2) 
Tree Removal Permits must be submitted with a tree survey (or site plan) prepared by a registered Landscape Architect or Arborist.
(3) 
The survey or site plan must identify all trees proposed for removal, the location of the trees on the site, and identify the tree’s diameter inch and species.
(4) 
The applicant must also submit a tree replacement plan prepared by a registered Landscape Architect or Arborist showing how the trees will be mitigated. A Tree Removal Permit will only be issued after the tree replacement plan (landscape plan) has been submitted and approved. The Planning Director, or the Director’s designee, may waive the requirement of the plan being prepared by a landscape professional based on the extent of tree removal and tree replacement.
(5) 
Mitigation of removed protected trees must follow the mitigation requirements of Division 4 (Tree Preservation and Mitigation Requirements) of this Article 4, regarding replacement trees or payment into the tree fund for trees not replanted on-site.
(6) 
Trees removed from required landscape areas must be replanted within those areas unless approved by the Planning Director through alternative compliance.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance 7107, sec. 73, adopted 12/3/19; Ordinance 7404 adopted 2/21/2023)