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k. The plan shall be coordinated with utility planning so that utilities are <br /> installed in a manner that protects trees intended to be saved. <br /> 5. Trees to be preserved shall be tagged in the field and keyed to the tree <br /> preservation plan. The City may inspect the trees to verify compliance with the preservation <br /> plan at any time during construction. <br /> 6. If a natural resource management plan has been approved for the site, the tree <br /> preservation plan shall be in compliance with said plan. <br /> 7. The following shall occur prior to soil disturbance: <br /> a. The tree preservation plan shall be approved by the City. <br /> b. Fencing and all tree protection measures shall be installed and inspected by <br /> the City. <br /> c. Erosion control measures shall be installed and inspected by the City. <br /> d. All required financial securities have been submitted. <br /> e. Any required development agreement has been approved. <br /> (n) Tree Preservation during Construction: Trees that are to be preserved must be <br /> protected by the following methods unless otherwise approved by the City. <br /> 1. Before land clearing, grading, or construction begins, the City approved tree <br /> protection fencing or other method shall be installed and maintained around the Root Protection <br /> Zone of the trees to be protected. Fencing shall be a minimum of four(4) feet high and of a <br /> highly visible material, such as snow fence or polyethylene laminar safety netting, and must be <br /> standing throughout the construction process. Cut roots with clean, pruning cuts at the fence line <br /> prior to fence installation to avoid later tearing of the roots. Signage shall be installed to instruct <br /> workers to stay out of the Root Protection Zone. <br /> 2. Areas where development must encroach upon the root protection zone must be <br /> identified on the tree preservation plan in which case the fencing shall be installed at that edge. <br /> 3. No actions that may harm the health of the tree; including but not limited to <br /> construction, traffic, compaction, storage of equipment or materials including soil, grading, or <br /> concrete washout areas; may occur in the Root Protection Zone. <br /> 4. Trees damaged by construction, or with more than 30 percent of the roots <br /> disturbed, shall be counted as removed and mitigated at applicable rates. <br /> 5. Tree protection measures shall remain in place until all grading and construction <br /> activity is terminated. <br /> 116 <br />