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Code of Ordinances |
Appendix I. ZONING |
Article XIII. TREE CONSERVATION, BUFFERS AND LANDSCAPING |
§ 6.0. Enforcement.
6.1. Permitted and conditional uses in the R-T-4, R-4, CP, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, and I-1 districts and conditional uses in the A-1, RE, E-1, E-2, R-1, R-2, R-3 and PRD districts:
A.
No tree conservation plan required by this article shall be approved by the administrator until a financial guarantee of performance is submitted, in an amount determined by the administrator to be not less than one hundred ten (110) percent of the cost of implementing the tree conservation plan. The guarantee shall be in the form of a bond, irrevocable letter of credit or certificate of deposit made payable to the city.
B.
Prior to release of the financial guarantee and prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the premises, the administrator shall determine that the tree conservation plan has been implemented.
6.2. Permitted Uses in the A-1, RE, E-1, E-2, R-1, R-2, R-3 and PRD Districts. A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued for any dwelling until the lot on which the dwelling is located complies with the tree conservation plan approved for the lot or tree conservation plan area as a whole.
(Ord. No. 96-1477, § 38, 4-15-96)
TREE SELECTION AND COVER GUIDE (Deciduous)
No. Botanical Name/Common Name 2"—3" SMALL DECIDUOUS TREES (up to 40' in height) Tree Cover Area in Square Feet and Caliper at Planting (measure at 6" from ground) 1 Acer barbatum/Florida Maple # * ^ 100 2 Acer leucoderme/Chalkbark Maple # 75 3 Acer palmatum/Japanese Maple # * 75 4 Carpinus caroliniana/American Hornbeam # 75 5 Cercis Canadensis/Eastern Redbud # * 75 6 Chionanthus virginicus/American Fringetree # 75 7 Cladastris kentuckea/Kentucky Yellowwood # * 75 8 Cornus florida/Florida Dogwood # 75 9 Cornus kousa/Kousa Dogwood # * 75 10 Halesia tetraptera/Carolina Silverbell # 75 11 Koelriuteria paniculata/Goldenraintree # * 100 12 Lagerstroemia indica/Common Crapemyrtle cultivars
- mature height (0'—10')25 - mature height (10'—20') # * 50 - mature height (20' +) # * ^ 75 13 Magnolia soulangeana/saucer Magnolia # * 75 14 Ostrya virginiana/American Hophornbeam # 75 15 Oxydendrum arboreum/Sourwood # * ^ 100 16 Pistacia chinensis/Chinese Pistache # * ^ 100 17 Prunus L./various flowering cherries and plums # * 75 18 Rhus copallina/Shining Sumac # 75 MEDIUM DECIDUOUS TREES (from 40'—60' in height) Tree Cover Area in Square Feet and Caliper at Planting (measure at 6" from ground) 19 Acer rubrum/Red Maple # * ^ 200 20 Acer saccharum/Sugar Maple # * ^ 200 21 Betula nigra/River Birch # * ^ 200 22 Diospyros virginiana/Common Persimmon # * ^ 200 23 Fagus grandifolia/American Beech # * ^ 200 24 Fraxinus pennsylvanica/Green Ash # * ^ 250 25 Nyssa sylvatica/Black Gum # * ^ 250 26 Quercus acutissima/Sawtooth Oak # * ^ 300 27 Quercus lyrata/Overcup Oak # * ^ 300 28 Quercus nuttallii/Nuttall Oak # * ^ 300 29 Quercus phellos/Willow Oak # * ^ 300 30 Quercus stellata/Post Oak # * ^ 300 31 Quercus shumardii/Shumard Oak # * ^ 300 32 Taxodium distichum/Common Baldcypress # * ^ 250 33 Ulmus parvifolia/Chinese elm # * ^ 250 LARGE DECIDUOUS TREES (60' and above) Tree Cover Area in Square Feet and Caliper at Planting (measure at 6" from ground) 34 Fraxinus americana/American ash # ^ 250 35 Ginkgo biloba/Ginkgo # ^ 200 36 Liriodendron tulipifera/Tulip poplar # ^ 250 37 Liquidambar styraciflua/Sweetgum # * ^ 300 38 Metasequoia glyptostroboides/ Dawn Redwood # * ^ 300 39 Platanus occidentalis/Sycamore planetree # * ^ 300 40 Quercus alba/White Oak # * ^ 300 41 Quercus macrocarpa/Bur oak # * ^ 250 42 Quercus palustris/Pin Oak # * ^ 250 43 Quercus prinus/Chestnut Oak # * ^ 250 44 Ulmus americana/American elm # * ^
- Dutch Elm Disease resistant cultivars250 45 Zelkova serrata/Japanese zelkova # * ^ 250 # Permitted in landscaped buffers
* Rates interior credit
^ Rates canopy credit
Requires shade
TREE SELECTION AND COVER GUIDE (Evergreen)
SMALL EVERGREEN TREES AND TALL SHRUBS (Mature growth potential of less than 25' in height) Tree Cover Area in Square Feet and Height at Planting No. Botanical/Common Name 4'—6' 6'—8' 8'—10' 1 Ilex x attenuata 'Fosteri'/Foster's Holly # * 50 75 100 2 Ilex c. burfordi/Burford Holly # * 50 75 100 3 Ilex latifolia/Lusterleaf Holly # * 50 75 100 4 Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'/Nellie R. Stevens' Holly # * 50 75 100 5 Ilex vomitoria/Yaupon Holly # * 50 75 100 6 Ligustrum japonicum/Japanese Privet # * 50 75 100 7 Ligustrum sinense/Chinese Privet 'Variegatum' # * 50 75 100 8 Magnolia grandiflora x 'Little Gem' Magnolia # * 50 75 100 9 Myrica cerifera/Southern Wax Myrtle # * 50 75 100 10 Prunus caroliniana/Carolina Cherrylaurel # * ^ 50 75 100 MEDIUM EVERGREEN TREES (Mature growth potential of 25' to 50' in height) Tree Cover Area in Square Feet and Caliper at Planting(measure at 6" above ground) No. Botanical Name/Common Name 2"—3" 11 Cryptomeria japonica/Japanese Cedar # * ^ 125 12 Cupressocyparis leylandii/Leyland Cypress # * ^ 125 13 Ilex opaca/American Holly # * ^ 200 14 Magnolia grandiflora x (medium height cultivars) # * ^ 150 15 Magnolia virginiana/Sweetbay Magnolia * 100 BUFFERING AND REFORESTING MATERIAL Tree Cover Area in Square Feet and Height at Planting No. Botanical Name/Common Name BR 2'—4' 4'—6' 16 Pinus echinata/Shortleaf Pine # * 5 10 15 17 Pinus virginiana/Virginia Pine # * 5 10 15 LARGE EVERGREEN TREES (Mature growth potential of at least 50' in height) Tree Cover area in Square Feet and Caliper at Planting (measure at 6" above ground) No. Botanical Name/Common Name 2"—3" 18 Cedrus atlantica/Atlas Cedar # * ^ 200 19 Cedrus deodara/Deodar Cedar # * ^ 200 20 Juniperus virginiana/Eastern Red Cedar # * ^ 200 21 Magnolia grandiflora/Southern Magnolia # * ^ 250 22 Quercus virginiana/Live Oak # * ^ 300 BUFFERING AND REFORESTING MATERIAL Tree Cover Area in Square Feet and Height at Planting No. Botanical Name/Common Name BR 2'—4' 4'—6' 23 Pinus elliottii/Slash Pine # * ^ 5 10 15 24 Pinus glabra/Spruce Pine # * ^ 5 10 15 25 Pinus palustris/Longleaf Pine # * ^ 10 15 25 26 Pinus taeda/Loblolly Pine # * ^ 5 10 15 # Permitted in landscaped buffers
* Rates interior credit
^ Rates canopy credit
(Ord. No. 03-1982, § 3, 9-15-03)