Ord 1817 - AMENDING CHAPTER 13 RELATING TO THE FEE FOR LARGE SCALE TREE PLANTING

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ORDINANCE 1817 ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AMENDING CHAPTER 13 RELATING TO THE FEE FOR LARGE SCALE TREE PLANTING THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN: SECTION I Section 31 -10 of Chapter 31 of the Town Code of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 31 -10. Large scale planting. (a) The park superintendent shall require the planting of street trees within the parkway of any new subdivision in conformity with this section. (b) The park superintendent shall plant and maintain such trees at such times and places as the development of the subdivision, its occupancy and other conditions make feasible. (c) The applicant shall be required to pay to the Town a fee in accordance with the Town's fee resolution for the purchase, planting and maintenance of the specified number of street trees as determined by using criteria set up in this section. (d) An applicant shall be required to submit to the park superintendent, upon his tentative subdivision map, a tentative planting plan, in duplicate, which shall accurately show the following: (1) The proposed street, together with its subdivision of pavement, curb, gutter, parking strip and sidewalk areas to a definite indicated scale. (2) The variety of each tree, as specified by the park superintendent, to be planted, and of those already existing within the proposed street lines, either indicated on the plans or referenced with a number to a key list. (3) The proposed location of each and every proposed tree, together with the location of each existing tree within the proposed street line, and the location of all existing trees with a trunk diameter of six inches or more within the balance of the subdivision, in scaled relation to the other features of the plan. (4) The distance between trees shall allow for a minimum of one tree per interior lot with a frontage of seventy -five feet or less, or a minimum of two trees be provided for a corner lot. Selection of a small tree variety may require more trees per lot than the minimum stated above, and this number shall be determined at the discretion of the park superintendent. Street tree plantings in areas other than residential shall be as specified by the park superintendent, but minimum distances between trees shall be forty to fifty feet.