Title
Request for Tree Removal Permit Approval - PTP2025-0011 - to remove up to 26 regulated trees (including specimen) with up to 23 replacement trees required associated with site improvements for the existing contractor's yard, including a parking lot, stormwater detention, and associated site improvements at 2581 Old Adams Rd., including Parcel Nos. 15-30-302-039 and 15-30-302-041, located on the east side of Old Adams Rd. and north of Forester Blvd. and S. Adams Rd., zoned I Industrial District; Patrick Burns, Timberland Landscape, Applicant
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Resolved, in the matter of File No. PTP2025-0011 (Timberland Landscape) the Planning Commission grants a Tree Removal Permit, based on plans received by the Planning Department on November 26, 2025, 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 26 regulated trees.
3. Based on the number of preserved trees onsite, the number and type of trees being removed, the applicant is required to provide a total of 23 tree credits as a part of the overall development. The applicant is proposing to plant 4 trees onsite and pay 19 trees into the City’s Tree Fund.
4. Overall, the applicant is planting 36 shade/ornamental trees and 50 evergreen trees onsite as a part of the landscape plan.
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. Provide payment, equal to the current required fee for replacement trees, along with any additional fees associated with such, into the City’s Tree Fund for the remaining 19 replacement trees identified on the site plan.
3. That the applicant work with staff to plant as many of the additional 19 replacement trees onsite, along the S. Adams, Forester and Old Adams Road frontages, as possibl...
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