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Ordinance No. 2003-103 residential tree in a treelawn or other public, commercial or multi-family residential place without first procuring a Tree Preservation/Removal permit from the City Forester. As a condition of issuing such permit, the City Forester shall first require that The person receiving the permit shall abide by arboricultural specification and standards of practice generally accepted by the arboricultural trade, and follow all the requirements set forth herein. (b) No person shall make any excavation, place any fill, compact soil, or construct any building, structure, street, sidewalk, driveway, pavement or public utility within the dripline of any public, commercial or multi-family residential tree without first obtaining a Tree Preservation/Removal permit for such work. As condition of issuing such permit, the City Forester shall require that the work be done in accordance with such generally accepted arboricultural methods as may be necessary to protect the vitality of such trees, and follow all the requirements set forth herein. (c) Application for Tree Preservation/Removal permits shall be made at the office of the City Forester no less than twenty-five days in advance of the time the work is to be done. In case of emergency, the City Forester may waive this requirement. The Applicant shall file a Tree Preservation/Removal Plan, together with or incorporated into any other Landscaping Plan, which plan shall identify all existing trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) of four inches (4") or greater, together with the location any existing, substantial bushes, hedgerows and shrubs, as well as any existing natural growth, and then designate any and all such trees, plant materials or other areas of natural growth to be preserved or removed in conjunction with the development, while simultaneously describing all new trees and other plant materials to be installed. Except for new plantings of trees on existing developments, here shall be a nonrefundable permit fee in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for residential and One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for commercial, as may be amended based upon the schedule of fees as determined by Council, from time to time. The fee assessed shall be reflective of the administrative costs incurred by the City in relation to the City Forester's role in review of plans, inspection of site conditions and reports generated for public meetings. (d) All departments of the City shall be exempt from these permit provisions subject only to the notification of City Forester of any construction project that will affect any public, commercial or multi-family residential trees. (e) No permit shall issue to remove any commercial or multi-family residential tree from a commercial or multi-family residential place, unless: (1) With respect to a vacant or undeveloped lot, the owner or his designee has first presented to the Architectural Review Board pursuant to Section 1126.04(d) of the Planning and Zoning Code a drawing or rendering setting forth his Tree Preservation/Removal and other landscaping proposal for such lot, and such proposal has been accepted by the Planning Commission; and (2) With respect to a developed lot, the owner or designee obtains from the City Building Commissioner written notice that the proposed removal does not violate or conflict with any Tree Preservation/Removal or other landscaping plan previously approved by the City for such lot, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Zoning Ordinance.