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Julie Feier Draft 3 Page 3 10/20/2006 Community Forestry Plan: A written document that guides the work of the City Forester and envisions a long-range plan for the maintenance and improvement of the community urban forest. The Community Forestry Plan contains the City-wide street tree plan. Condition Rating: A numerical rating developed in accordance with the International Society of Arboriculture methodology will be utilized to gage a tree’s overall health and form expressed as a percent. A healthy tree with good form may be rated at 90%, whereas a tree with many broken limbs and serious decline may be rated at 20%. Development and/or Development Projects: The performance of any building activity; or the making of any material change to any structure; or to the natural surface of land including activities that disturb the natural surface of the land such as clearing, excavating, and filling; or any change in the use or appearance of any structure or land; or the division of land into two or more parcels. For the purposes of this Title, in reference to the need for a Forest Activity Permit, the terms “development” or “development projects” shall include but not be limited to the construction of new single family dwellings or new two-family dwellings and any other new construction that requires a special use permit such as Site Plan Review, Conditional Use Permit or Planned Development. The terms “development” or “development projects” shall specifically exclude additions to single family dwellings or two-family dwellings and the addition of accessory structures (as defined in Title 34 of the Zoning Code) including but not limited to landscaping, decks, porches, sheds, garages, fences and pools. DBH: The diameter of a tree at breast height which shall be measured at 4 ½ feet above ground. Forestry Activity Permit: Permit required to remove, prune or plant trees on public rights-of-way. It is also required when trees are to be removed from private property as part of certain development projects as set forth herein. Maintain: To plant, mulch, fertilize, water, and/or prune as necessary, and remove if dead or diseased. Park Trees: See Trees below. Public Community Forest: All City Trees as a total resource. Private Community Forest: All trees within the City's boundaries that are not City Trees. Private Tree: See Trees below.