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(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 be issued 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 and Design 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 be 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 and Replacement Program, including the payment of any applicable fees, prior to the issuance of a tree removal permit. BE AMENDED AND, AS AMENDED, SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: 950.02 DUTIES AND POWERS OF CITY FORESTER. The City Forester shall be vested with the following duties and powers: (a) To enforce or cause to be enforced the provisions of this chapter. (b) To enforce arboricultural specifications and standards of practice generally accepted by the arboriculture trade, which shall govern the selection, planting, maintenance, production and removal of public, commercial and multi -family residential trees and utilization of wood and forest products produced in the course of operation. (c) To issue orders and permits for planting, maintenance, protection and removal of public, commercial and multi -family residential trees and, where applicable, to make site inspections and enforce conditions imposed upon landscaping plans and/or upon tree preservation/removal permits issued pursuant to this chapter and as otherwise imposed upon development plans and commercial building permits pursuant to Chapter 1126. (d) To review and report on tree preservation/removal plans and other landscaping plans to the 3