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02/20/01 14:38 FAX 612 937 5739 CITY OF CHANHASSEN ~006 <br /> <br />SUBDMSIONS <br /> <br />§ 18-61 <br /> <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />Designation <br /> <br />CommerciaYindustrial/inzti- <br /> tutional <br />Itigh dens/ty residential <br />Medium density residential <br />Low density residential <br />Large lot residential <br /> <br />Base Line Canopy Coverage <br /> Per Acre <br /> <br />80--100% 60--79% 40--59% 20---39% <br /> <br /> 28% 25% 20% 14% <br /> <br />I9% or <br /> <br />10% <br /> <br />35% 30% 25% 20% 15% <br />40% 35% 30% 25% 20% <br />55% 46% 35% 30% 25~5 <br />68% 56% 43% 35% 25% <br /> <br />Base line canopy coverage is the canopy coverage existing at the time the development <br />application is filed with the city. Minimum canopy coverage is determined by using <br />the matrix. <br /> <br /> Priority shall be given to retaining stands of trees and undisturbed wooded lands over <br /> individual specimen trees that will be incorporated into the development. No more <br /> than ten (10) percent of the canopy retention requirement may be met by an <br /> individual tree that is not included within a designated woodland area. <br /> <br /> For developments that do not meet the minimum canopy coverage, the developer shall <br /> be required to develop a forestation plan to bring the total canopy coverage up to the <br /> minimum requirement. Where existing woodlands are removed or there is a loss of <br /> trees that would otherwise be used to meet the canopy coverage retention require- <br /> ment, the developer shall develop a woodland replacement plan. The replacement <br /> plan must designate an area at least one and two-tenths (1.2) times the removed <br /> canopy coverage area that shall be planted with replacement trees for those removed. <br /> These plans shall locate additional trees either as a continuation of existing stands of <br /> trees that are to be preserved or create new stands of trees in desirable locations such <br /> as along roadway corridors, on the north and west perimeters of the development, in <br /> common open areas, or adjacent .to park facilities. <br /> The following criteria shall be followed in establishing minimum canopy coverage: <br /> 1. When planting trees, one (1) tree shall be deemed to provide one thousand <br /> eighty-nine (1,089) square feet of required canopy coverage; <br /> 2. Trees must be from the approved list of desirable species (preference given <br /> for trees des!gnat, ed as.native); ............ <br />,,;._ .i; ,__..,3;/-. No more than one~thir~i(¥.S)'0f the trees may be from any one (!) tree species; <br /> 4. Trees shall average a{,Ioast two- and -one-half-inch caliper and may be a <br /> minimum of one- and -one-half-inch caliper; <br /> 5. Not less than twenty (20~'p, ercent of the trees shall be conifers; <br /> 6. Conifer trees shall average seven (7) feet and shall be a minimum of six (6) <br /> feet in height; <br /> <br />Supp. No. $ 1014.1 <br /> <br /> <br />