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7 <br /> <br />Measures to be taken to ensure that any oak trees pruned or trimmed have any cut areas <br />sealed with an appropriate nontoxic tree wound sealant. <br />c. Prevention of change in soil chemistry due to concrete washout and leakage or spillage <br />of toxic materials, such as fuels or paints. <br />d. Removal of any nuisance or dead trees located in areas to be preserved. <br />e. Installation of erosion control methods. <br /> <br />12) Additional protective measures. The City encourages applicants to use the following tree protection <br />measures to protect the root zones and to prevent damage to significant and specimen trees that the <br />applicant intends to preserve; <br /> <br />a. Installation of retaining walls or tree wells to preserve trees. <br /> <br />b. Placement of utilities in common trenches outside of the drip line of significant and <br />specimen trees or use of tunneled utility installation. <br /> <br />c. Use of tree root aeration, fertilization, or irrigation systems. <br /> <br />13) Compliance with the tTree pPreservation pPlan. The applicant shall implement the Tree <br />Preservation Plan and receive confirmation of acceptance from the City’s Landscape Architect prior to <br />the start of and during any grading or construction activities. The tree protection measures shall remain <br />in place until all grading, and construction activity is terminated or until a request to remove the tree <br />protection measures is made to, and approved by, the City. <br />a. No significant trees shall be removed until the Tree Preservation Plan is approved by the <br />City and except in accordance with the approved Tree Preservation Plan. <br />b. If an applicant damages or removes a significant tree that is intended to be preserved to <br />the point that City staff believes the tree will not survive, the applicant must remit to the <br />City a cash mitigation, calculated per diameter inch of the removed or damaged tree in <br />the amount set forth in the City fee schedule. <br />c. The City shall have the right to inspect the site in order to determine compliance with the <br />approved Tree Preservation Plan. The cCity shall determine whether the Tree <br />Preservation Plan has been met prior to the release of any financial security obtained for <br />tree preservation. <br />d. Instances where a significant tree is removed due to new development, redevelopment, <br />new construction activity or were disturbed, and the removal was not noted on the <br />landscaping or tree removal plan will result in a one-to-one replacement penalty <br />regardless of if the removal is over the thirty percent (30%) allowance. <br /> <br />d) Tree protection standards for non-developing properties. <br /> <br />1) Existing developed commercial, industrial, and mixed-use properties. <br /> <br />a. Trees that are removed in an existing commercial, industrial, or mixed-use development <br />must be replaced in accordance with the original landscaping plan, unless the property <br />owner has obtained City approval for an alternative landscaping plan. If the original <br />landscaping plan is not able to be found, trees identified by the most recent aerial photo <br />of the property will be assumed to be part of the original landscape plan. <br /> <br />b. Trees that are removed that were part of a designated tree preservation area must be <br />replaced in accordance with the tree replacement requirements outlined in Lake Elmo <br />Code Section 105.12.470. The thirty percent (30%) allowable tree removal limit does not <br />apply in these situations. <br /> <br />e) Warranty requirement. Any tree installed as a required replacement tree shall have the same two year <br />warranty requirements as trees required by Lake Elmo Code Section 105.12.480