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(b) Each major tree removed from a parcel of land or lot not exempted from this Chapter shall be removed only upon issuance of a Tree Clearance Permit pursuant to 950.05 and an approved Tree Replacement Plan as set forth in Section 950.06. (c) The City Arborist, shall approve the caliper, species, and health of all proposed replacement trees. (d) Failure to replace a major tree within one (1) two (2) years of the approval of the applisetien Fele"ed to in subseetien (a) Tree Clearance Permit and Tree Replacement Plan shall be a punishable as a misdemeanor for each separate failure to replace a tree as described in Section 950.99. 950.05 TREE CLEARANCE PERMIT. A Tree Clearance Permit application shall be submitted to the Department of Economic and Community Development upon an application form established by the Director and shall identify the property owner, street address of the owner, permanent parcel number where the trees to be cleared are located, the tree species and D.B.A. of the trees to be cleared, the Tree Replacement Plan and such other information as, in the opinion of the Director, is necessary to process the Tree Clearance Permit application. The fee for a tree clearance permit shall be established by the Fee Schedule in Section 1321.01 or 1321.06. Collected fees shall be placed in the Tree Bank Fund. The Director of Economic and Community Development or their designee may waive the fee requirement for permits involving ten (10) trees or less. 950.06 TREE REPLACEMENT PLAN. Whenever a Tree Clearance Permit is submitted, a Tree Replacement Plan shall be prepared and submitted for review and eensultetien approval by the City Arborist. The -Said -Tfee BeFtificate of Zoning eaffililionee. (a) The Tree Replacement Plan shall be drawn to an appropriate scale and include,; ata minimum, the following information: (1) The location, species / common and time and D.B.H. of all existing major trees to be cleared. The City Arborist may, at their its discretion, accept an estimate of the number and D.B.H. size of trees on a site that when the site exceeds three (3) acres and may rely upon dtt eeftSidefifig estimates, the City ffi", allew the Use of techniques such as site photographs, aerial photographs, site visits, eta. and any similar method to review and evaluate the Tree Replacement Plan. (2) Identification of the tree preservation area(s), including all existing major trees that will be preserved and remain on site after construction and development. (3) Identification of all major tress that will be removed from the site including trees removed as permitted by Section 950.06.