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DIVISION 5. TREE PRESERVATION <br /> Sec. 117-324. Purpose; intent; design and maintenance principles; administration. <br /> (a) Purpose. The city council finds it is in the best interest of the city to protect, preserve, and enhance <br /> the natural environment by encouraging a resourceful and prudent approach to development and <br /> alteration of wooded areas. The city council also recognizes that some amount of tree loss is an <br /> inevitable consequence of the development process.The tree preservation regulations herein <br /> attempt to maintain a balance between one's rights to develop property with the needs and desires <br /> of the community to protect the natural environment. <br /> (b) Intent and Objectives. The intent of this division is to support the preservation and protection of <br /> significant trees, or stands of trees, to promote the orderly development of such areas and minimize <br /> public and private losses. The following regulations address the removal of gees associated with <br /> new development. The city council finds that the following objectives are important to achieve the <br /> purpose and intent of this division: <br /> (1) To continue to seek recognition as a Tree City U.S.A. and to take all reasonable steps to promote <br /> planting and conservation of trees throughout the city; <br /> (2) To maintain and preserve the many benefits that trees provide including, but not limited to, the <br /> following: <br /> a. Character and aesthetics. <br /> 1. Trees help buffer different or conflictint land uses by establishing visual screening <br /> buffering noise,glare and heat abatement; <br /> 2. Trees conserve and enhance the city's quality of life and ecological and aesthetic <br /> environment, especially its valuable and rural atmosphere; and <br /> 3. Trees provide important psychological benefits to the people within the city and <br /> neighborhoods. <br /> b. Wildlife habitat. Trees are essential to maintain wildlife habitat within the city. <br /> c. Energy conservation. Trees assist in the moderation of climate by providing shade, <br /> windbreaks, and the cooling of air; thereby reducing the requirements for air conditioning <br /> and heating and the subsequent utilization of energy resources. <br /> d. Improved Air and water quality. <br /> 1. Trees aid in the filtering of stormwater as it passes through the soil to the groundwater; <br /> 2. Trees maintain permeable land areas essential to surface water management and <br /> aquifer recharge; and <br /> 3. Trees aid in the purification of the air through the removal of carbon dioxide,the <br /> generation of oxygen, and the precipitation of dust and other airborne pollutants. <br /> e. Socioeconomic. <br /> 1. Trees enhance property values; and <br /> 2. Trees protect and preserve the unique identity and environment of the city and aid in <br /> the development of the economic base attracted to the city by such factors. <br /> Ramsey,Minnesota,Code of Ordinances Created: 2023-01-11 09:35:41 [EST] <br /> (Supp.No. 11) <br /> Page 1 of 5 <br />