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Request for Tree Removal Permit approval to remove twelve (12) regulated trees and zero (0) specimen trees, with 12 replacement trees required and to be paid into the City’s Tree Fund for a project to demolish the existing service station and to construct an approximately 8,348 square foot gasoline station convenience store with a drive-through at 3420 S. Rochester Rd., located at the southwest corner of Rochester Rd. and Nawakwa Rd., Parcel No. 15-34-277-006, zoned NB Neighborhood Business with the FB Flex Business Overlay; Leslie Accardo, PEA Group, Applicant
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Resolved, in the matter of File No. PTP2025-0003 (Gas Station Renovation at 2980 Walton) the Planning Commission grants a Tree Removal Permit, based on plans received by the Planning Department on February 7, 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 has provided a tree survey that indicates a total of 20 trees are currently onsite, with the site plan indicates that a total of eight (8) of the trees identified onsite will remain and that twelve (12) regulated trees are proposed to be removed. The twelve (12) replacement trees required are to be paid into the City’s Tree Fund.
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. Address all applicable comments from other City departments and outside agency review letters, prior to final approval by staff including all comments noted on the site plans and staff reports contained within the Planning Commission packets (as may be amended by this motion).
3. A total of $4,008 is to be paid into the City’s Tree Fund for the twelve (12) required replacement trees.