Virginia Tree Conservation Local Authority Statute

C. The ordinance shall require that the site plan for any subdivision or development include the planting or replacement of trees on the site to the extent that, at 20 years, minimum tree canopies or covers will be provided in areas to be designated in the ordinance, as follows: 1. Ten percent tree canopy for a site zoned business, commercial, or industrial; 2. Ten percent tree canopy for a residential site zoned 20 or more units per acre; 3. Fifteen percent tree canopy for a residential site zoned more than 10 but less than 20 units per acre; 4. Twenty percent tree canopy for a residential site zoned more than five but not more than 10 units per acre; 5. Twenty-five percent tree canopy for a residential site zoned more than two but not more than five units per acre; and 6. Thirty percent tree canopy for a residential site zoned two or fewer units per acre.