Section 11.03
A tree survey shall be submitted with any site plan for new development. The survey shall identify the location, species and size of existing trees on the proposed site that are to be removed or are within ten (10) feet of the removal area. Existing landmark trees that are planned to be removed shall be replaced on the site in accordance with the following standards:
Removed landmark trees between eight (8) and eighteen (18) caliper inches shall be replaced at a rate of 50% of the total diameter breast height (dbh).
Removed landmark trees greater than eighteen (18) caliper inches shall be replaced at a rate of 75% of the total dbh.
Removed landmark trees greater than thirty (30) caliper inches shall be replaced at a rate of 100% of the total dbh.
Landmark trees that are dead or diseased, with no visible growth, as determined by the Zoning Administrator, are exempt from replacement requirements.
A summary table of existing trees shall be provided, indicating those trees that will be removed.
Landmark trees are defined by size and species, as listed in the table below: COMMON NAME SPECIES MINIMUM DBH (INCHES) American Beech Fagus grandifolia 18 American Chestnut Castanea dentata 8 Birch Betula spp 18 Black Alder Acinus glutinosa 12 Black Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 12 Black and White Walnut Juglans nigra, J. cinerea 20 Buckeye Aesculus glabra 18 Cedar, Red Juniperus spp 12 Crabapple (cultivar) Malus spp 12 Choke Cherry Prunus spp 18 Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii 18 Eastern Hemlock Nuga canadensis 12 Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida 8 Hickory Carya spp 18 Horse-chestnut Aesculus camea 18 Kentucky Coffeetree Bymnociadus diocius 18 Larch/Tamarack Larix Laricina (Eastern) 12 London Planetree/Sycamore Plantanus spp 18 Maple Acer spp 18 Oak Quercus spp 16
Pine Pinus spp 18 Sassafras Sassafins albidum 15 Spruce Picea spp 18 Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipfera 18