CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET

Ordinance No. 2288 Page 10 of 12 17.16.060 Emergency action. A person may remove a Protected Tree without a permit if there is an Emergency, as defined in section 17.16.006. In such event, the Director shall be notified at the earliest opportunity in order to confirm the Emergency. If the Director determines that the situation was not an emergency requiring immediate action, the person removing or damaging the Protected Tree may be subject to penalties set forth in Section 17.16.110 of this chapter. 17.16.070 Protection of existing trees. For minor development (as described in section 17.16.020(C)(4)), permission to remove a Protected Tree shall be handled as part of the building permit process, and the applicant shall comply with the following conditions: A. The current version of the City Standard Details and Specifications for tree protection. B. Mitigation as described in section 17.16.020(F). C. If the project requires an arborist’s report, the applicant must follow the recommendations for tree protection in the arborist’s report and, at the discretion of the Director, may be required to provide a tree bond and/or a payment towards the City’s urban forestry fund based on the appraised value of the trees removed from the site less the cost of installed trees. D. Retain the services of an Approved Consulting Arborist for periodic monitoring of the project site and the health of those trees to be preserved. The Approved Consulting Arborist shall confirm tree protection measures are installed prior to construction and be present whenever activities occur which pose a potential threat to the health of the trees to be preserved (for example, when work occurs within the dripline of trees to be preserved). E. The Director shall be notified of any damage that occurs to a tree during construction so that appropriate measures may be administered. 17.16.080 Pruning and maintenance. All pruning of Protected Trees shall be performed under the supervision of an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist, in accordance with pruning guidelines, established by the current versions of the ISA Best Management Practices, Tree Pruning and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A300 - Part 1 Tree, Shrub and Other Woody Plant Management Standard Practices, Pruning, and any special conditions as determined by the Director. 17.16.090 Public utilities. A. Any public utility installing or maintaining any overhead wires or underground pipes or conduits in the vicinity of a Protected Tree shall notify the City and obtain an encroachment permit before performing any work, including pruning, which may cause injury to the Protected Tree. B. The Director shall inspect said pruning work to ensure that appropriate pruning practices are followed. The public utility shall follow pruning practices conforming to the International Society Page 46 of 893