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Expanding Tree Protection and Replacement in the Critical Area Overlay District
For the purpose of implementing and exceeding State Chesapeake Bay critical area mandates for the City of Annapolis critical area protection program by requiring permits to remove trees of a certain size in the City’s critical area; requiring property owners to replace trees that are removed; creating a fee-in-lieu program when on-site re-planting is not feasible; providing for financial hardship relief through the Watershed Restoration Fund; updating the standards for granting a Critical Area variance; and generally relating to tree canopy protection and expansion in the Critical Area Overlay District in Title 21 of the City Code.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 18-26
Introduced by: Alderman Savidge
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to:
Planning Commission
Environmental Matters Committee
Rules and City Government Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Expanding Tree Protection and Replacement
in the Critical Area Overlay District
FOR the purpose of implementing and exceeding State Chesapeake Bay critical area mandates for the City of Annapolis critical area protection program by requiring permits to remove trees of a certain size in the City’s critical area; requiring property owners to replace trees that are removed; creating a fee-in-lieu program when on-site re-planting is not feasible; providing for financial hardship relief through the Watershed Restoration Fund; updating the standards for granting a Critical Area variance; and generally relating to tree canopy protection and expansion in the Critical Area Overlay District in Title 21 of the City Code.
BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2026 Edition:
Section 21.54.030 (Permit Required)
Section 21.54.130 (Trees in the Critical Area)
Section 21.54.160 (Variances)
Section 21.54.170 (Administrative variances)
Section 21.54.190 (Fees, Fin...
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