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Item No: 7A <br />Meeting Date: November 26, 2007 <br />Type of Business: Public Hearing <br />City Administrator Review: ______ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance 785, a Tree <br />Preservation & Landscaping Ordinance. <br /> <br /> <br />At the October 1st Worksession, an updated draft of the tree preservation and <br />landscaping ordinance was reviewed. The direction of the Council at the meeting was <br />support of the ordinance with the exemption of R-1 and R-2 zoned properties from the <br />tree removal restrictions, along with these other changes: <br /> <br />• Deletion of the section for tree removal on lots WITHOUT construction, <br />• Exempted R-1 properties from the section for removal on lots WITH construction, <br />• Reduced the number of replacement trees required, <br />• Eliminated the varying replacement requirements depending on lot size (under <br />1/2 acre versus 1+ acre). <br /> <br />Staff and the City Forester are proposing that a tree preservation & landscaping <br />ordinance be added to the Mounds View Zoning Code. An amendment to Chapter 1103 <br />subd. 4 is also recommended. This would be a reference to Chapter 1127.05 for <br />specific landscaping requirements. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends the City Council review the proposed ordinance and approve the <br />introduction and first reading of Ordinance 785, an ordinance amending Chapter <br />1103.08 subd. 4, and adding Chapter 1127, Tree Preservation & Landscaping. Staff will <br />be presenting the Second Reading of Ordinance 785 at the December 10, 2007 City <br />Council meeting. The Public Hearing is scheduled for Monday, December 10, 2007 at <br />7:10pm. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted by, <br /> Heidi Heller <br />Planning Associate <br /> <br /> <br />