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58 (f) Measures proposed to protect significant trees, including, but not limited to: 1. Tree removal procedures, including directional felling away from existing trees to be saved and trenching to separate root systems prior to bulldozing trees or stumps; 2. Installation of signage at all tree protection areas that instruct workers to stay out; 3. Installation of snow fencing or polyethylene laminar safety netting at the drip line or critical root zones of trees to be saved; 4. Installation of erosion control measures; 5. Designation of a construction staging area along with a designated area for the storage of equipment and stockpiling of materials that is not within tree save zones; 6. Construction access locations; 7. Overlay of the subdivision utility plan on the tree preservation plan to strategically lay out utility locations and trenches in a manner that protects trees to be saved. Individual utility stubs to home sites shall be reviewed for compliance with tree preservation plans. (4) After mass grading has been completed and streets and utilities installed, the subdivider's forester or landscape architect shall: (a) Certify in writing to the city the status of all trees indicated as trees to be saved in the approved plan; (b) Certify in writing to the city whether tree protection measures were installed; and (c) Certify the status of any remove - designated trees that were saved. (5) If a significant tree indicated to be saved on the tree preservation plan is destroyed or damaged, it shall be replaced in accordance with the tree replacement requirements of 1001.126 Section 1009 2. (6) The financial security will be released upon: (a) Certification in writing by the forester or landscape architect indicating that the tree protection measures were installed on mass graded lots and tree replacement is completed, if necessary. These must be confirmed by the city; and (b) The home builders having posted a security for the custom graded lots. (Ord. 04 -03, passed 2 -24 -2003) DRAFT JANUARY 26, 2009 • • •