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Tree Code Audit — Key Issues and Evaluation Framework
Issue State Law Clarity/ Sustainable
# Key Issue Forest
Item #s in the Draft Compliance Efficiency
Management
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Substantive Revisions
1 Creating clear and objective standards for needed 23, 28, 32 V V V
housing
Consistency between development and non- V
2 development tree permitting 29, 30
3 Creating tree preservation incentives 32, 38 V
4 Creating soil volume standards for street and 61 V
parking lot trees
5 Disallow golf course use from qualifying for Forest ✓
Management Permit
6 Evaluating appeals process to reduce delays and 34, 38, 44 V V
conflicts
7 Reducing conflicts between trees, solar, and other 29, 30 V V
sustainable practices
8 Requiring mitigation trees for more permit types 39, 41 V
9 Supporting wildfire-resistant landscaping 29, 30 V
10 Codifying large stature mitigation tree 41 V V
requirements
11 Programmatic permit process for agencies and 21, 24, 45, 57, 58 V V
utilities
12 Clarifying street tree maintenance responsibilities 63-67 V V
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Issue State Law Clarity/ Sustainable
# Key Issue Forest
Item #s in the Draft Compliance Efficiency
Management
Technical Revisions
13 Consolidating tree regulations 01 V
14 Clarifying tree requirements in sensitive lands 15, 53, 57, 58 V V
15 Reviewing sensitive lands species/diversity 55 V V
requirements
16 Clarifying Greenway tree removal requirements 52 V
17 Requiring street tree planting for new development 59, 60 V
18 "Right tree, right place" standards 60 V V
19 Streamlining tree permitting processes 32, 34, 38 V V V
20 Updating enforcement provisions 49-51 V V
21 Providing mitigation alternatives 40, 43 V V
22 Updating mitigation and planting lists 02, 48, 62 V V
23 Updating mitigation fees and inspection 32, 43, 49, 54, 56, 60, 61 V V
requirements
24 Revising definition of large forested tract 26 V V
25 Limiting topping permits to utilities 19 ✓ V
26 Adding timeframe for tree risk assessments 16 V
27 Creating consistent hazard tree review process 30 V
28 Addressing hazard trees on neighboring properties 64 V
29 Reducing barriers to ash tree removal (EAB) 15, 57, 58 V V
30 Simplifying removal of Leyland cypress & mitigation 41 V
31 Revising criteria for removing last tree on property 04 V V
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Issue State Law Clarity/ Sustainable
# Key Issue Forest
Item #s in the Draft Compliance Efficiency
Management
32 Requiring mitigation in sensitive lands 41 V V
33 Exempting palm and sumac from tree definition 07 ✓
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