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k. The plan shall be coordinated with utility planning so that utilities are <br />installed in a manner that protects trees intended to be saved. <br />5. Trees to be preserved shall be tagged in the field and keyed to the tree <br />preservation plan. The City may inspect the trees to verify compliance with the preservation <br />plan at any time during construction. <br />6. If a natural resource management plan has been approved for the site, the tree <br />preservation plan shall be in compliance with said plan. <br />the City. <br />7. The following shall occur prior to soil disturbance: <br />a. The tree preservation plan shall be approved by the City. <br />b. Fencing and all tree protection measures shall be installed and inspected by <br />c. Erosion control measures shall be installed and inspected by the City. <br />d. All required financial securities have been submitted. <br />e. Any required development agreement has been approved. <br />(n) Tree Preservation during Construction: Trees that are to be preserved must be <br />protected by the following methods unless otherwise approved by the City. <br />1. Before land clearing, grading, or construction begins, the City approved tree <br />protection fencing or other method shall be installed and maintained around the Root Protection <br />Zone of the trees to be protected. Fencing shall be a minimum of four (4) feet high and of a <br />highly visible material, such as snow fence or polyethylene laminar safety netting, and must be <br />standing throughout the construction process. Cut roots with clean, pruning cuts at the fence line <br />prior to fence installation to avoid later tearing of the roots. Signage shall be installed to instruct <br />workers to stay out of the Root Protection Zone. <br />2. Areas where development must encroach upon the root protection zone must be <br />identified on the tree preservation plan in which case the fencing shall be installed at that edge. <br />3. No actions that may harm the health of the tree; including but not limited to <br />construction, traffic, compaction, storage of equipment or materials including soil, grading, or <br />concrete washout areas; may occur in the Root Protection Zone. <br />4. Trees damaged by construction, or with more than 30 percent of the roots <br />disturbed, shall be counted as removed and mitigated at applicable rates. <br />5. Tree protection measures shall remain in place until all grading and construction <br />activity is terminated. <br />116 <br />