Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Packet 3-15-2007

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Subd. 5. Method of installation: All deciduous and coniferous trees shall be ball and burlap and staked and guyed per National Nurserymen's Standards. All shrubs shall be potted. Subd. 6. Use of Landscaping for Screening: a. Where natural materials, Such as trees or hedges are approved in lieu of the required screening by means of walls or fences, density and species of planting shall be such to achieve screening year round. Subd. 7. Maintenance. Property owners shall be responsible for the upkeep of all required plantings and landscape materials. Upon written notice from the City, a property owner shall be required to trim broken or damaged tree boughs, remove fallen trees or storm damaged trees and remove diseased trees as identified by the City Forester.2Tree stumps shall be removed or ground down below grade. 1127.06 PLAN REVIEW PROCESS All tree inventories, preservation plans, forest management plans and landscape plans shall be reviewed by the City Forester. The Parks, Recreation and Forestry Commission may also review such plans at the request of the Community Development Director or the City Forester. When such plans are required as part of a development application (e.g. development review, conditional use permit, minor or major subdivision) the Planning Commission and City Council shall have approval authority. For such plans submitted without a development application, the Community Development Director shall retain administrative approval authority. 1127.07 APPEAL PROCESS Landowners, developers and builders may appeal administrative decisions to the City Council. An appeal shall be filed in writing no more than fourteen (14) days following the date of the administrative decision by the City. The appeal shall be scheduled for consideration by City Council at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting which is at least seven (7) days from the date of the appeal. �GAZI 91U4 0 F-11 gig I Except as provided herein, no significant or specimen tree shall be removed from any property in the City of Mounds View. Any violation of any provision of this Chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor offense. Property owners having been cited for illegal tree removal may be fined up to $350 for each significant or specimen tree illegally removed. In addition to the punishment specified in this section, the City may enforce this Code by any other appropriate form of action which could include withholding a Certificate of Occupancy, forfeiture of all or part of a bond, escrow or financial guarantee and stoppage of the project if violations are extreme. 2 Refer to Chapter 605, Tree Disease Control. 31