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105.12.470 Tree Preservation <br />f) Exceptions. <br />1. Exception standards. Notwithstanding the City's desire to accomplish tree <br />preservation and protection goals, there may be instances where these goals are in <br />conflict with other City objectives. These conflicts will most likely occur on small, <br />heavily-wooded parcels. The City recognizes there may be instances where it is not <br />practical or reasonable to have an applicant plant the total required replacement <br />trees on the site. The City encounters applicants to have the required number of <br />replacement tress plant on the site of as much as possible. The City will only approve <br />the use of fee-in-lieu of tree replacement or other mitigation methods when all the <br />required tree replacement cannot practically or reasonably occur on the site in the <br />judgement of the City. <br /> <br />Applicants may ask the City to approve exceptions to the City's tree preservation and <br />replacement standards. The City Council may grant exceptions if all of the following <br />conditions exist: <br />a. It is not feasible to combine the subject parcel with adjacent parcels that <br />could use the parcel as required green space; <br />b. Strict adherence to the City's tree preservation and replacement standards <br />would prevent reasonable development that is consistent with the <br />Comprehensive Plan and desirable to the City on the parcel; and <br />c. The exception requested is the minimum needed to accomplish the desired <br />development or redevelopment. <br />2. Reduced mitigation for exceptions. If the City Council approves an exception to the <br />tree preservation standards, relief from the requirements of the standards may take <br />the form of reduced mitigation requirements, greater allowable tree removal, higher <br />thresholds for determining significant trees, or any combination of the above. The City <br />Council will determine which form of relief best balances the objectives of the City <br />and tree preservation. <br /> <br />The City Council may require payment to the City of a fee-in-lieu of tree replacement, <br />payment of additional park dedication fees; the implementation of woodland <br />management practices by the applicant; or the planting of replacement trees on City <br />property by the applicant under direction of the City Public Works Director; or a <br />combination of these methods as a condition of the City approving relief or an