When a city department or utility removes a city public tree it must replant caliper for caliper. A homeowner who removes a private tree owes no replacement, and development tree preservation credits are voluntary.
Section 1-1706(e) requires the city department or utility causing removal of a city public tree to replant or replace it on a caliper for caliper inch basis, or to plant an equivalent number of approved trees at a site the city forester specifies. The mayor may waive or modify that duty. Section 1-1706(f) requires replacement of any city tree topped without the forester's approval, and Section 1-1707(b) requires stumps ground to at least twelve inches. On the development side, Zoning Section 7.8 requires unhealthy or dead required landscaping replaced within one year or by the next planting period, whichever comes first, and Section 7.2 exempts one- and two-family dwellings on individual lots. Section 7.10 preservation credits are optional.
Failing to replace required landscaping lets the building official refuse an occupancy permit, order replacement, or start legal proceedings under Zoning Ordinance Section 7.8.
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