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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026 - Amending Portions of Redding Municipal Code Chapter 18.65 • • ORDINANCE ZO 2_ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING PORTIONS OF REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 18.65: TREE PRESERVATION. The City Council of the City of Redding does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Chapter 18.65 of the Redding Municipal Code, TREE PRESERVATION, is hereby amended as follows: I. BY AMENDING SECTION 18.65.050 B.3. TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 3. Developed residential parcels which have been developed to the maximum density allowed by the zoning of the property. II. BY AMENDING SECTION 18.65.070 TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 18.65.070 Decision by Planning Director The Planning Director or his designated representative shall render a decision in writing within fifteen (15) days after the filing of a complete application for a permit; or the Planning Director may refer the application to the Board of Administrative Review for consideration. III. BY AMENDING SECTION 18.65.090 C. TO READ AS FOLLOWS: C. Before the start of any clearing, excavation, construction, or other work on the site, every tree designated for removal on the approved site plan, which is outside of proposed right-of-way or easement areas, shall be clearly marked in the field in a manner required by the Planning.Director. A plan shall be established for the removal and disposal of brush, earth, and other debris so as to avoid injury to any protected tree or adjoining (0 property, or which would cause mud or debris on City streets. The construction standards required by Section 18.65.110 shall apply to all work performed within the drip line of protected trees. c • • IV. BY ADDING SUBPARAGRAPH 6. TO SECTION 18.65.100 C., AS FOLLOWS: 6. The application may be denied or the project design modified if (1) the plan is inconsistent with the City's policy of tree preservation, and (2) insufficient evidence is shown that tree preservation has been considered in the design of the project. Modifications of project design may include, but not be limited to, relocation of proposed streets and easements, relocation of proposed lot lines, and reduction of the number of lots/building areas proposed in the development. V. BY AMENDING SECTION 18.65.100 E. TO READ AS FOLLOWS: E. Subsequent to project approval, improvement plans shall be submitted to the City for approval which shall depict the location of all protected trees or stands of protected trees, which are outside of any proposed right-of- way, utility easement, or other area approved for disturbance by the approving body and which are proposed to be removed. At the discretion of the Planning Director, improvement plans may be required to depict the location of all protected trees which are located outside of any area classified as "Greenway" on the General Plan. VI. BY DELETING SUBPARAGRAPH C OF SECTION 18.65.160. VII. BY AMENDING SECTION 18.65.180 TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 18.65.180 Nonconforming Developed Parcels Developed parcels which do not meet the tree-planting requirements of this chapter, shall be required to meet the tree-planting requirements of this chapter with the issuance of a building permit for any new construction on the property that is greater than 15 percent of the existing gross floor area, unless an exception to this requirement is granted by the Planning Commission based on a finding that conforming to the tree-planting requirements of this chapter is physically impossible given the way the parcel is developed. If the Planning Commission can make that finding, it may approve planting fewer trees than this chapter would require for the developed parcel based on what the Planning Commission feels is physically possible for the property. Section 2. It has been determined that this matter is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause its publication according to law. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 20th day of October, 1992, and was 2 • . • • duly read and adopted on the 3rd day of November, 1992, ata regular meeting of the City Council by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Anderson, Arness, Dahl, Kehoe & Moss NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None CHARL MOSS, Ma or City of Redding ATTEST: CONNIE STROHMAYER, C .40Clerk FORM APPROVED: RA BALL A. HAYS, ity Attorney 3