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Ordinance No. 2003-103 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. (3) With respect to any lot being developed, redeveloped or otherwise modified pursuant to Chapter 1126 or any other Chapter of the Planning and Zoning Code, that the Tree Preservation/Removal and other Landscaping Plans be evaluated by the City Forester, and then subject to the review and approval of the Architectural Review Board, prior to the issuance of said Tree Removal Permit. (4) The Applicant has fully complied with the Tree Preservation & Replacement Program, including the payment of any applicable fees, prior to the issuance of a Tree Removal permit. (fl Residential Tree Trimming Permit. No person, engaged in the business or trade of tree trimming and/or removal, including landscapers but limited to their tree trimming/removal activities, shall cut, trim or remove any tree with a diameter breast height (DBH) of four inches (4") or greater, located on any lot or upon any premises, particularly including single-family residences, without first procuring a permit from the City Forester. As a condition of issuing such permit, the City Forester s6a11 first require that the person receiving t6e permit shall abide 6y arboricultural specification and standards of practice generally accepted by the arboricultural trade, and follow any and all reasonable requirements, policies, or other rules and regulations that may be established by the City Forester. Such rules shall include, but are not limited to the requirement that said commercial tree service personnel shall chip, grind, and otherwise completely remove from the property any and all tree branches, limbs, trunks and all other debris resulting from said activities, and the further prohibition against the abandonment of any such tree branch, limb, trunk or other resultant debris upon City right-of-way or elsewhere. For commercial and multiple-resident sites, such permit shall be subject to the Tree Preservation/Removal Permit referred to herein and subject to all requirements related thereto; For single family residential lots or premises, such permit s6a11 be called the Residential Tree Trimming Permit, subject only to this subsection, and issued at no cost.