Plan submission requirements for tree preservation.
1. Tree Preservation Plans (hereinafter "TPP") approved by the Director of Public Services shall be required on all new construction, demolition, excavation, and site redevelopment requiring permits from the Department of Public Services.
2. TPP are not required for single-family construction activities when the gross area of an addition to an existing building, accessory structure, parking lot, or outside storage yard is less than one thousand (1,000) square feet or increases site coverage by less than ten (10%) percent, whichever is greater.
3. TPP submitted to the City for review shall have a scale of 1" = 50' or larger, be on standard size drawing sheets no larger than 36" x 48", and contain the following information:
a. Drawing scale & drawing orientation (north arrow).
b. Property lines, easements, rights-of-way (including dimensions).
c. Existing and proposed contours at five (5) feet intervals or less.
d. Limits of disturbance and clearing limits.
e. Location and dimensions of existing and proposed buildings, parking/vehicular use areas, paved surfaces, walls, fences, lights, and other site features.
f. Size and location of existing and proposed public and private utilities.
g. Location, size, and species of existing trees to remain on site.
h. Location, size, and species of existing trees to be removed from site.
i. Photographs of trees to be removed.
j. Layout and details of tree protection measures as identified and required by this section herein (i.e., tree protection fencing, root pruning, tree protection mats, silt fencing).
k. Name, address, and phone number of the property owner.
l. Name, address, and phone number of the Professional Landscape Architect or Certified Arborist responsible for the production of drawings.
4. TPP submitted for all properties except those with a primary existing and future use of individual single-family or two-family residential shall be prepared, signed, and sealed by a Missouri Landscape Architect, Urban Forester, or Certified Arborist.
5. TPP submitted for properties with an existing and future use of individual single-family or two-family are not required to be sealed by a Missouri Landscape Architect, Urban Forester, or a Certified Arborist.
