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to clear a building site, yard, driveway and right-of-way providing access to the site from a public street. (c) Selective Cutting. As used in this Chapter, "timbering, selective cutting or commercial cutting" means the cutting of trees having a DBH of eight (8) inches or greater. Selective cutting of timber shall be permitted under the following conditions, upon application to and approval of the Building Commissioner, as follows: (1) The Building Commissioner, the Engineer, an Arborist selected by the Village and the property owner or his or her representative shall together inspect the wooded area to be selectively cut in order to butt brand and paint stripe the specific trees to be cut. (2) Only trees so branded and marked shall be cut. Each unauthorized cutting of an unmarked tree shall constitute a separate violation of the Zoning Code and shall constitute grounds for the immediate revocation of the approval to cut trees and/or any other permit issued. 1359.04 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. For applications involving the removal or destruction of trees, the applicant, who must be the owner of the parcel, shall provide: (a) The address or a legal description of each lot or parcel, or in lieu thereof, a description of sufficient detail so that such lot or parcel may be readily located on the plat map of the Municipality; (b) A statement of the kind, number and dimensions of the trees to be removed, including the diameter of the tree measured at breast height (DBH); (c) The name and address of the owner of the parcel and the name and address of each person who shall engage in the cutting or removal of trees on such parcel, either under contract or any other arrangement with the owner; and (d) A copy of the contract covering such arrangement for the cutting or removal of trees, or if there is no such contract reduced to writing, a succinct statement of the terms and provisions of such arrangement. 1359.05 ISSUANCE OF TREE REMOVAL PERMIT. Within ten (10) days of receipt of an application for tree removal, the Building Commissioner, Engineer and an Arborist selected by the Village, shall review the matter and the Building Commissioner shall issue to the applicant a permit specifying the trees that are permitted to be removed. If, in the opinion of the Building Commissioner, Engineer and Arborist, there are additional trees that should be removed or destroyed because their location is such that they shall suffer extensive damage during any proposed construction resulting in their ultimate death, these additional trees will be permitted to be removed and will be included in the permit, whether or not they were included in the original application. 11