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Request for Tree Removal Permit Approval - File No. PTP2024-0002 - to remove 123 regulated trees and 114 specimen trees, and to replant the equivalent of 886 replacement trees onsite pursuant to a replanting plan for the Pine Trace Golf Course driving range relocation project, located at 3600 Pine Trace Blvd. and 3300 and 3308 South Blvd. W., located on the north side of South Blvd. W. and east of Adams Rd., zoned R-4 One Family Residential, Parcel Nos. 15-31-400-015, 15-31-400-016 and 15-31-400-017, Michael Bylen, Pine Trace Golf Course, Applicant
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Resolved, in the matter of File No. PTP2024-0002 (Pine Trace Golf Course Driving Range) the Planning Commission grants a Tree Removal Permit based on plans received by the Planning Department on August 7, 2024, with the following findings and subject to the following conditions:
Findings
1. The proposed removal and replacement of regulated trees is in conformance with the City’s Tree Conservation Ordinance.
2. The applicant is proposing to remove a total of 123 regulated trees and a total of 3,471 dbh of specimen trees as a part of the site development. The removal of these trees requires replacement of a total of 886 trees onsite.
3. The applicant is proposing to plant a total of seventy-nine (79) evergreen trees along the western property line of the proposed development.
Conditions
1. Tree protective fencing, as reviewed and approved by the City staff, shall be installed prior to temporary grade being issued by Engineering.
2. The applicant and City must execute an appropriate memorandum of understanding (or other acceptable legal instrument) for the replanting of the 886 replacement trees required, encompassing the following.
(1) A minimum of 200 trees will be planted by the completion of the banquet center.
(2) A minimum of 60 trees will be planted every year until the total amount of 886 trees are replaced by 10 years from the date of approval by the City Planning Commission for the driving range construction. Any tree replacements still remaining at the end of 10 years are required to be paid into the City tree fund at the year’s replacement rate.
(3) Once the Banquet center is built, a yearly planting plan shall be submitted to the City at the same time Pine Trace submits its annual report per the lease. The yearly planting plan must be approved by the City’s Forestry Department to count as replacement tree credits until the total of 886 replacement trees have been satisfied.
(4) In the event the banquet center does not get built according to the terms of the current lease, the total amount required for tree replacement must be paid into the City Tree Fund.
(5) To count towards replacement credit, all trees must meet City requirements of at least 2” dbh. Allowance will be made in some circumstances with regard to City requirements for distance between plantings (typically 20 feet).
3. Tree plantings/replacement credits are pursuant to City Tree Preservation Ordinances.