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Elk River <br />Required to provide a minimum of 3 trees, plus the perimeter of the parcel as measured in feet <br />divided by 40. Specifies that 50% of the required trees shall be overstory; 25% of required trees <br />shall be coniferous; and 25% of the required trees shall be ornamental. <br />Site Perimeter = 3,493 feet <br />Trees required: 3 + (3,493/40) = 90 trees <br />Ramsey Canonv Cover Formula <br />Determine ratio of impervious area to entire site area; multiply this ratio by the square footage of <br />the pervious area to determine total square footage of canopy cover required. Refer to Ramsey <br />Tree Book to see assigned square footage of individual species. No more than 25% of the <br />required canopy cover can consist of ornamental trees and/or shrubs. <br />Site Area = 699,056 square feet <br />Impervious Area* = 470,448 <br />Pervious Area** = 228,608 square feet <br />Ratio: 470,448/699,056 = 0.67 <br />0.67 x 228,608 sq. ft. = 153,167 square feet of canopy cover required. <br />* Estimated by Staff, this number was not provided as part of the plan submittal. <br />** Estimated by Staff as this number was not provided as part of the plan submittal. This also <br />includes the area of storm water ponding where plantings would not be permitted. <br />Based on the species included in the Landscape Plan, the canopy cover provided is 98,925 square <br />feet (15% consisting of shrubs/ornamental trees). It is worth noting that if different species were <br />chosen, which had greater assigned canopy cover square footage (e.g. bur oak, basswood, <br />different variety of honeylocust and/or linden), the canopy cover calculation could easily be <br />increased without adding any additional plantings. <br />