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5 <br /> <br />the City-approved Tree Preservation Plan for the property. <br /> <br />9. Removal of nonnative trees that the City deems as nuisance or as an invasive <br />species. <br /> <br />2) Tree pPreservation pPlan. All applicants shall submit a Tree Preservation Plan prepared by a <br />certified forester or landscape architect licensed by the State of Minnesota in accordance with the <br />provisions of this section. The Tree Preservation Plan shall reflect the applicant's best effort to <br />determine the most feasible and practical layout of lots, buildings, parking lots, driveways, streets, <br />storage, storm water management facilities and other physical features, so that the maximum <br />amount of significant and specimen trees are preserved and protected from development and <br />construction. <br />3) During the review of an application for a building permit, grading permit, site plan approval, <br />planned unit development, conditional use permit, interim use permit, or preliminary plat, the City <br />will review the project and the Tree Preservation Plans according to in order to ensure that the Tree <br />Preservation Plan has the best available layout in order to preserve significant trees and to ensure <br />that the applicant used the best possible design to mitigate and minimize construction damage to <br />significant trees. <br />4) Tree pPreservation pPlan requirements. The tTree pPreservation pPlan shall be a separate plan <br />sheet(s) that includes the following information: <br />a. The name(s), certification(s), telephone number(s) and address(es) of the person(s) <br />responsible for tree preservation during the course of the development project. <br />b. Tree inventory. The Tree Preservation Plan must include a Ttree Iinventory through one <br />of the following methods: <br />1. Individual tree inventory. An individual tree inventory including an identification <br />system linked to metal field tags located four and one-half (4 1/2) feet from grade <br />on all significant trees must be identified on a plan sheet in both graphic and <br />tabular form. <br />2. Tree inventory sampling. In cases of sites with large tracts of significant trees, the <br />City may approve the use of a sampling inventory for all or portions of a site as an <br />alternative to an individual tree inventory. The sampling inventory must include <br />the methodology for sampling, identification ribbon around the perimeter of the <br />sampling areas, and metal field tags located four and one -half (4 1/2) feet from <br />grade on all significant trees in the sampling area. Within the sampling area, the <br />quantity, size, species, health and location of all significant trees must be <br />identified on a plan sheet in both graphic and tabular form. Based on sampling, <br />total estimates and locations of healthy significant trees shall be provided. <br />3. Combination tree inventory. With the approval of the city City, sites that include <br />both large tracts of significant trees and areas of individual significant trees may <br />utilize a combination of the individual and sampling inventory methods. <br />c. Trees that were planted as part of a commercial business such as a tree farm or nursery <br />do not need to be inventoried on an individual tree basis. A general description of the <br />trees and an outer boundary of the planted area must be provided. The burden of proof <br />shall be on the applicant to provide evidence to support the finding that the trees were <br />planted as part of a commercial business. <br />d. A listing of healthy significant trees inventoried in subsection (c)(3)b of this section. <br />Dead, diseased, nuisance or dying trees do not need to be included in the totals. <br />e. A listing of the healthy significant trees removed, identified by the metal field tag or <br />some other form of identification used in the tree inventory in subsection (c)(3)b of this <br />section. <br />f. A listing of the healthy significant trees to remain, identified by the metal field tag or <br />some other form of identification used in the tree inventory in subsection (c)(3)b of this <br />section. <br />g. Outer boundary of all contiguous wooded areas, with a general description of trees not <br />meeting the significant tree size threshold.