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? ..?? Ordinance No. 2003-69 Page 2 l. To require that any and all tree preservation/removal and other landscaping plans be presented in conjunction with the application for a tree removal permit and to further require that same be submitted prior to and then incorporated into a11 proceedings before Architectural Review Board pursuant to Chapter 1126 or other site development considerations; 2. To adopt and enforce an administrative fee schedule which will enable the City Forester to provide consultation services and advice to developers on the subject of Urban Forestry, including the review and recommendation on all tree preservation/removal and other landscaping plans submitted pursuant to Chapter 950, and which will also enable said City Forester to report to the Architectural Review Board; 3. To integrate the review procedures for granting Tree Removal and Building Permits so that, in the case of new developments, the Tree Removal permit is wholly dependent upon and only issued in conjunction with or upon the administrative approval of development plans; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 950.03, which presently reads as follows, shall be amended as hereinafter provided in Section 2: 950.03 PERMITS REQUIRED. (a) No person sha11 plant or remove any public, commercial or multi-family residential tree in a treelawn or other public, commercial or multi-family residential place without first procuring a permit from the City Forester. The person receiving the permit shall abide by azboricultural specificaxion and standards af practice generally accepted by the arboriculture trade. (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 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. (c) Application for permits sha11 be made at the office of the City Forester no less than five days in advance of the time the work is to be done. In case of emergency, the City Forester may waive this requirement. There shall be no cost for such permits. (d) All departments of the City shall be exempt from these permit provisions subject only to the notification af 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 City Planning Commission, pursuant to Section 1217.08 of the Planning and Zoning Code a drawing or rendering setting forth his landscaping proposal for such lot, and such proposal has been accepted by the Planning Commission; and