O-2010-3243 amending landscaping, tree preservation and tree replacement standards; and establishing a tree fund

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landscaped areas. Water conservation or rain sensor devices shall be used in accordance with applicable City requirements. (d) Landscaping/screening for shipping container facilities. (1) The property owner or tenant shall provide a natural screening. This will be accomplished in one of three ways. a. Leave in place existing trees, vegetation, underbrush, etc. to provide a thorough, continuous and effective opaque visual screening of the shipping container development. b. Construct earthen berms with a combination of trees, shrubs, and ground cover that after three years will be at least 20 feet in height and creates a continuous visual screen. Develop a screening plan that would be approved by the city that includes a combination of trees, shrubs, and ground cover that after three years will be at least 20 feet in height and creates a continuous visual screen. (2) The property owner or tenant will provide screening along the frontage of the site and along the side yards for a distance of 50 feet. In the advent that the site is adjacent to a commercial or residential use, the screening shall be required for the entire length of the adjacent yard area. (3) All required screening shall be adjusted away from overhead power lines to allow for full maturity of the trees without unnecessary trimming or topping of the trees. Section 3. That Chapter 106 of the La Po "Supplementary District Regulations", Division hereby amended by amending Section 106-801 follows: "Sec. 106-801. Tree Preservation. Por Code of Ordinances, "Zoning", Article V. 4. "Fencing and Landscaping Requirements" is "Tree Preservation", which section shall read as (a) It is the intent of this section to encourage the preservation of existing trees within the city and to prohibit their unwarranted destruction. The City encourages site planning which furthers the preservation of trees and natural areas by the following methods: to protect trees during construction; to facilitate site design and construction which contributes to the long term viability of existing trees; and to control premature removal of trees,• require on-site replacement of trees that must be removed and require off-site replacement of trees that cannot be replaced on-site, either by direct planting or through a contribution to the tree fund established in Section 106-803 of this Chapter. It is the further intent of this section to achieve the following objectives: