Trees | Environment & Sustainability
nearly as practicable to its pre-removal character and function; g. Nonnative replacement trees shall be recommended by a Certified Arborist as having characteristics suitable to the proposed location of planting, or as otherwise approved by the City; h. The condition of replacement trees shall meet or exceed current American Nursery and Landscape Association or equivalent organization’s standards for nursery stock; i. Financial guarantees for replacement trees may be required consistent with the provisions of SMC Title 27A; j. Installation of required replacement trees shall be in accordance with the International Society of Arboriculture’s best management practices for arboriculture including, but not limited to, soil assessment, sampling, amendments and conservation, which ensure the tree’s long-term health and survival; and k. The director may consider smaller-sized replacement trees if the applicant can demonstrate that smaller trees are more suited to the species, the site conditions, and the purposes of this section, and that such trees will be planted in sufficient quantities to meet the intent of this section. 2. Location for Tree Replacement – On Site. Unless approved for one or more of the alternatives set forth in subsection 3. of this section, replacement trees shall be planted on the
site from which significant trees are removed and may be approved for the following areas on site: a. On-site replacement trees approved to be located in environmentally critical areas and associated buffers shall receive a 125 percent credit toward the tree replacement requirement. b. Each required street tree planted on site shall receive a 50 percent credit and each street tree planted on site in excess of the minimum requirement shall receive a 100 percent credit toward the tree replacement requirement, subject to director approval. c. On-site replacement trees approved to be located within the perimeter of a stormwater facility shall receive a 100 percent credit toward the tree replacement requirement. d. On-site replacement trees approved to be located in places other than subsections 2.a. through c. of this section shall receive a 100 percent credit toward the tree replacement requirement. 3. Location for Tree Replacement – Alternatives. When on-site replacement cannot be completely achieved, the following alternatives may be considered:
a. Off-Site Tree Replacement.
i. The number of replacement trees shall be the same as described in subsection 1. of this section. Replacement costs (material plus labor) shall be at the applicant’s expense.
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 173
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