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preliminary plat or site plan submittals. The submitted tree preservation plan must include a <br />buffer, if required, and landscape plan for the project. <br /> <br />ao <br /> <br />Residential and commercial development plans shall be designed to preserve <br />natural vegetation areas as much as possible. Streets, parcels, structures and <br />parking areas shall be laid out to minimize the destruction of wooded areas or <br />outstanding tree specimens. Developers of land are encouraged to designate <br />wooded areas as park reserves, <br /> <br />b. The City may require either the clustering of dwellings or alternate locations <br /> of dwellings to preserve significant trees during the plat approval process. <br /> <br />There shall be no movement, clearing, or storage of equipment within a <br />designated tree protection zone. The owner, developer, or agent shall not <br />permit the placement of construction materials, debris, soil deposits, or fill; <br />nor cause or permit disposal of waste materials such as paints, oils, solvents, <br />asphalt, concrete, mortar or any other harmful material within the dripline of <br />any protected tree area. <br /> <br /> Subd. 3. Plan Specifications Content. The content of all tree preservation <br />plans submitted shall, for purposes of City Staff review, include the following: <br /> <br />a. Delineation of all areas located within a 100-year flood plain; <br /> <br />A tree survey overlay on the grading plan, which locates all significant trees <br />within the developable areas of the site, identifying both diameter and species. <br />Dead or diseased trees shall be included in the survey. All tree surveys for <br />subdivisions involving the construction of roads or drainage conveyances <br />shall be performed by an International Society of Arboriculture Certified <br />Arborist or a Society of American Foresters Certified Forester. <br /> <br />1. For the purposes of this Section, significant trees shall include: <br /> <br />(a) All species of oak that have a DBH of four (4) inches or greater; and <br /> <br />(b) All evergreen species that have a DBH of four (4) inches or greater; <br />and <br /> <br />(c) All other trees that have a DBH of eight (8) inches or more. <br /> <br />c. Existing soil conditions throughout the parcel; and <br /> <br />d. Existing contour data for the entire property with vertical contour data <br /> consistent with City standards for all areas to be disturbed by proposed tree <br /> removal operations, extending for a distance of at least fifty (50) feet beyond <br /> the limits of such areas. Indicated elevations may be based on United States <br /> Geological Survey data. <br /> <br />148 8 <br /> <br /> <br />