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Exhibit B <br />ORDINANCE Exhibit A - Page 15 of 66 <br />circulated to agencies with expertise for review and comment prior to approval <br />by the director. <br />(5) If a tree to be removed is located within a geologically hazardous area, the <br />planning director may require submittal of a geotechnical report documenting <br />the impact on the property, including recommendations for replanting and <br />other measures to avoid adverse impacts to slope stability. <br />(6) Unless otherwise provided, or as a necessary part of an approved <br />alteration, mitigation, or buffer management plan, removal of any vegetation or <br />woody debris from a wildlife habitat conservation area or wetland, or required <br />stream or wetland buffer, shall be prohibited. <br />(7) The city may require that a hazard tree assessment or tree risk assessment <br />be completed, and that hazard trees be removed from buffers, and trees <br />replanted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter prior to final <br />approvals for a development proposal. <br />c. Nonhazardous tree removal with replanting. Except as allowed under subsection B.2 <br />of this section, the planning director, using the review process described in EMC Title 15, <br />Local Project Review Procedures, may allow up to a maximum of ten percent of all <br />nonhazardous trees within the outer half of a critical area buffer to be removed. <br />Removal of nonhazardous trees must comply with the following requirements: <br />(1) Proposals to remove nonhazardous trees shall include a planting plan <br />prepared by a qualified professional biologist, arborist, or forester unless waived <br />by the planning director. The plan must show the number, size, and type of <br />plants to be planted and where the plants will be located. The plants should be <br />placed in an area within the buffer that will be most beneficial to the stream or <br />wetland and an area where future cutting will not be necessary. A minimum of <br />three, three- to five-gallon native trees of different varieties must be planted for <br />every tree to be removed unless it would create an overcrowded situation in <br />which case the planning director can reduce this ratio or allow shrubs to be <br />planted as an alternative. On geologically hazardous slopes, the tree size shall <br />be a minimum of two gallons or if bareroot an equivalent size. The planning <br />director shall have discretion to reduce the number of trees to be cut if the <br />proposed plan fails to replace over the long term the loss of functions and <br />values of the buffer that may result from the cutting of trees. A tree inventory is <br />required with the tree type and size shown on a site plan unless waived by the <br />planning director. Only trees greater than a six-inch diameter at breast height <br />within the outer half of the critical area buffer can be counted unless the trees <br />to be removed are less than six-inch diameter at breast height. <br />(2) Tree removal is limited to once every five years. <br />(3) A tree that is an active nest site for a species of local importance including <br />bald eagles, or provides critical habitat, shall not be cut.