17.15.120 Class II permit.
A Class II tree removal permit shall be issued for significant and nonsignificant tree removal for all sites, except for those subject to a Class I tree removal permit.
A. Action on Application. Following receipt of a Class II tree removal permit application, the department shall review the application for completeness. When the information submitted is deemed complete, staff shall review the information and make a determination based on the conditions and criteria for significant and non-significant tree removal.
B. Fee. A Class II tree removal permit shall not be issued until such time as the applicant has paid the fee established in Chapter 3.104 LMC. A fee shall not be required if the city gives written notice to a property owner that trees on his/her property must be removed.
C. Replacement Trees. The following criteria shall apply to all trees required to be planted as a condition of a Class II tree removal permit, subject to approval by the city:
1. Prior to planting, the location and species of replacement trees shall be approved by the city;
2. All deciduous replacement trees shall be a minimum of two and one-half inches in diameter, and all evergreen conifer trees shall be a minimum of eight feet high.
D. Unreplaceable Tree Fee. An unreplaceable tree fee shall be paid if the site cannot reasonably sustain the number of replacement trees required by this chapter. The unreplaceable tree fee shall be established using the following method:
1. Subtract the number of trees that the land can sustain from the total tree replacement number;
2. Multiply that number by the unreplaceable tree fee dollar amount established in Chapter 3.104 LMC to arrive at the total unreplaceable tree fee.
The unreplaceable tree fee shall be placed in the tree fund, as established in Chapter 3.102 LMC.
E. Tree Replacement Option Fee. A tree replacement option fee shall be paid for the number of replacement trees that the land can sustain and the permit holder chooses not to replant. At a minimum one tree must be replanted for each tree removed unless the land cannot sustain that amount. The tree replacement option fee shall be established using the following method:
1. Subtract the number of trees to be planted from the number of trees that the land can sustain (up to the total tree replacement number calculated in LMC 17.15.090);
2. Multiply that number by the tree replacement option fee dollar amount established in Chapter 3.104 LMC to arrive at the total tree replacement option fee.
The tree replacement option fee shall be placed in the tree fund, as established in Chapter 3.102 LMC.
F. Bond. The public works department is authorized to require all persons with approved Class II tree removal permits to post bond or cash escrow in an amount not less than 125 percent of the actual replacement cost for a period not less than three years. Further terms and conditions of posting bond or cash escrow may be established by the public works director or his designee. (Ord. 2656 §§ 1, 2, 2006; Ord. 2481 § 4, 2004)