Columbia County's development code sets tree-planting quotas rather than a simple replacement ratio. New commercial and multi-family sites must plant one shade tree for every 40 feet of street frontage, minimum two-and-a-half caliper inches, from the county's approved species list.
When land is developed in Columbia County, the landscape ordinance requires new plantings to establish and maintain tree canopy. Under Code Sec. 90-140, a required landscape strip must include one shade tree for every 40 feet of frontage, each at least two and one-half caliper inches at planting and drawn from the approved tree-species list in Sec. 90-145. Interior parking lots carry their own tree quotas, and where overhead power lines interfere a smaller tree may be substituted at a tighter spacing. These planting duties fall on commercial and multi-family developers; single-family and two-family lots are exempt. Trees must be kept healthy, with replacements required if plantings fail.
A development that omits required plantings or lets them die fails Sec. 90-140 compliance, which can block certificate of occupancy until the trees are planted or replaced.
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