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Development and/or Development Projects: The performance of any building <br />activity; or the making of any material change to any structure; or to the natural <br />surface of land including activities that disturb the natural surface of the land such <br />as clearing, excavating, and filling; or any change in the use or appearance of any <br />structure or land; or the division of land into two or more parcels. For the purposes <br />of this Title, in reference to the need for a Forest Activity Permit, the terms <br />“development” or “development projects” shall include but not be limited to the <br />construction of new single family dwellings or new two-family dwellings and any <br />other new construction that requires a special use permit such as Site Plan Review, <br />Conditional Use Permit or Planned Development. The terms “development” or <br />“development projects” shall specifically exclude additions to single family <br />dwellings or two-family dwellings and the addition of accessory structures (as <br />defined in Title 34 of the Zoning Code) including but not limited to landscaping <br />decks, porches, sheds, garages, fences and pools. <br /> <br />DBH: The diameter of a tree at breast height which shall be measured at 4 ½ feet <br />above ground. <br /> <br />Forestry Activity Permit: Permit required to remove, prune or plant trees on public <br />rights-of-way. It is also required when trees are to be removed from private <br />property as part of certain development projects as set forth herein. <br /> <br />Maintain: To plant, mulch, fertilize, water, and/or prune as necessary, and remove if <br />dead or diseased. <br /> <br />Park Trees: See Trees below. <br /> <br />Public Community Forest: All City Trees as a total resource. <br /> <br />Private Community Forest: All trees within the City's boundaries that are not City <br />Trees. <br /> <br />Private Tree: See Trees below. <br /> <br />Site: Same as Tract (see below). <br /> <br />Street Trees: See Trees below. <br /> <br />Tract: The total area of a parcel, site, lot, or ownership of land upon which <br />development or land disturbance is proposed irrespective of the actual limits or size <br />of the proposed development or land disturbance activity. <br /> <br />Tree: A woody plant that grows mostly upright as a single stem (rarely multi-stem) <br />that may eventually attain a height of 15 feet or more. <br /> <br />City Tree: Street Tree, Park Tree or other tree on property owned by the City, on <br />City right-of-way, or to be planted on City property or City right-of-way and other <br />trees owned by the City. <br /> <br /> Park Tree: City Tree located in a City public park. <br /> <br /> <br />H:\AGENDAS COMBINED\2006\AUGUST\AUGUST 28 2006.DOC <br /> <br />