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12/.18/2001 11:29 FAX 9528822656 CITY OF SAVAGE ~003 S~ thereof. The area of disturbance on either side of a driveway, When added together, s..hall not .exceed 20 feet. "Caliper inches" means the length of a straight line measured through the tree six (6) i~ches above the root ball, up to and including foUr-inch caliper size ,'Canopy" means the horizontal extension of a ~ree's branches in all directions from its t~nk. "Council" means the City Council Or its designee. "Diameter at breast height/d.b.h." means the width of a tree trunk measured four and one half (4.5) feet above the ground. "Drip line" means an imaginary vertical line that extends from the outermost br~nches of a tree's canopy to the ground. "Forester" means the city forester and/or his/her designated representative. ~ "Land/parcel of land" means an entire lot, as defined by the zoning ordinance, on or within the boundaries of which land alteration has occurred or is to occur. "Land alteration" means any excavation, grading, clearing, filling or other earth change that may result in: The movement of more than three hundred fifty (350) cubic yards of earth where significant trees are present; or Any alteration of land of more than one foot from the natural contour of the ground on any con=i~uous four hundred fifty (450) square feet of ground'where significant trees are present; or Any cutting, removal or killing of'more than twenty (20)' percent of the significant trees on any land within a period of five years. "Lost significant tree" means a significant heal~hy tree lost as a result of: Grade change or land alteration, whether temporary or permanent, greater than one foot, measured vertically, affecting thirty (30) percent (as m~asure~ on a horizontal plane) or more of the tree'~ root zone; ob Utility construction (i.e., sewer, water, storm sewer, gas, electric, telephone, cable TV and trenching) resulting in the cutting of thiray (30) percen~ or more of the tree's roots within the roo~ zone; or Mechanical injury to the trunk of a significant tree causing 10ss of more than twenty (20) percent of the bark; or Compaction of nJ_~ety (90) percent of proctor (moisture density %est) to a depth of six (6) inches or mor~, of ~ixty (60) percent or more of the surface of the soil within a significant tree's root zone.