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Municode Page 4 of 8 Adjacent landowners' limited responsibility. Trees planted along city property lines will be watered by those property owners adjacent to said trees. No one other than city employees or their designee may trim, prune, or remove public trees. (Code 1978, § 9.24.03; Ord. No. 03-33, 9-15-2003) Sec. 117-327. - Private trees in new development areas. (a) Requirements for a tree preservation plan. Prior to any development, land clearing, filling, or any other land alteration, as described in subsection (b) of this section, a tree preservation plan shall be submitted to and approved by the city. The developer shall be required to erect suitable protective barriers around all trees to be preserved and these protective structures, where required, shall remain until such time as they are authorized to be removed by the city or issuance of a final certificate of occupancy. (b) Tree preservation plan. A tree preservation plan shall be submitted with preliminary plats and/or site plans, drawn to the same scale as the other preliminary plat or site plan submittals. The submitted tree preservation plan must include a buffer, if required, and landscape plan for the project. (1) Residential and commercial development plans shall be designed to preserve natural vegetation areas as much as possible. Streets, parcels, structures and parking areas shall be laid out to minimize the destruction of wooded areas or outstanding tree specimens. Developers of land are encouraged to designate wooded areas as park reserves. (2) The city may require either the clustering of dwellings or alternate locations of dwellings to preserve significant trees during the plat approval process. (3) There shall be no movement, clearing, or storage of equipment within a designated tree protection zone. The owner, developer, or agent shall not permit the placement of construction materials, debris, soil deposits, or fill; nor cause or permit disposal of waste materials such as paints, oils, solvents, asphalt, concrete, mortar or any other harmful material within the dripline of any protected tree area. (c) Plan specifications content. The content of all tree preservation plans submitted shall, for purposes of city staff review, include the following: (1) Delineation of all areas located within a 100-year floodplain; (2) A tree survey overlay on the grading plan, which locates all significant trees within the developable areas of the site, identifying both diameter and species. Dead or diseased trees shall be included in the survey. All tree surveys for subdivisions involving the construction of roads or drainage conveyances shall be performed by an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist or a Society of American Foresters Certified Forester. For the purposes of this division, significant trees shall include: a. All species of oak that have a DBH of four inches or greater; b. All evergreen species that have a DBH of four inches or greater; and c• All other trees that have a DBH of eight inches or more; (3) Existing soil conditions throughout the parcel; and (4) Existing contour data for the entire property with vertical contour data consistent with city standards for all areas to be disturbed by proposed tree removal operations, extending for a distance of at least 50 feet beyond the limits of such http://library.municode. com/print. aspx?clientlD=14286&HTMRequest=http%3 a%2f%2fli... 5/31/2012