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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 Planning and Design Commission; to conduct site inspections, when necessary, prior to such administrative review and permit approval; and to deliver reports, advice and recommendations to administrative bodies consistent with the standards imposed herein. (e) To plant, monitor and remove trees on City -owned property and to monitor the maintenance of trees around utility lines. To survey and appraise the condition of trees located on City -owned property and public rights of way. To notify contiguous property owners prior to the removal or planting of any tree within the municipal right of way. (Ord. 2016-116. Passed II -15-16.) 950.03 TREE PRESERVATION/REMOVAL PERMITS REQUIRED; PROCEDURE; FEES. (a) No person shall 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 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 arboriculmral trade, and follow all the requirements set forth herein. (b) No person shall make any excavation, place any fill, compact sail, 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 five days in advance of the time the work is to be done. In case of emergency, involving an immediate threat to the public safety, 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 of 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, there shall be a nonrefundable permit fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) for multi -family residential and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for commercial, a; 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 be issued to remove any commercial or multi -family residential tree from a commercial or multi -family residential place, unless: t) 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