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Tree Canopy, Street Trees, and Community Green Space Standards for Multifamily and Mixed-Use Development
For the purpose of establishing minimum tree canopy coverage standards for certain multifamily and mixed-use development; defining terms; requiring the planting of street trees along public street frontages; establishing credits for the preservation of existing trees and for the establishment of pocket forests and community green space; providing for off-site planting and payment of a fee-in-lieu where on-site compliance is impracticable; providing for maintenance, waiver, and enforcement through existing provisions of Chapter 17.09; and generally relating to tree protection and landscaping under Title 17 of the Code of the City of Annapolis.
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City Council of the
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 20-26
Introduced by: Alderman Savidge
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to: Economic Matters Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Tree Canopy, Street Trees, and Community Green Space Standards
for Multifamily and Mixed-Use Development
FOR the purpose of establishing minimum tree canopy coverage standards for certain multifamily and mixed-use development; defining terms; requiring the planting of street trees along public street frontages; establishing credits for the preservation of existing trees and for the establishment of pocket forests and community green space; providing for off-site planting and payment of a fee-in-lieu where on-site compliance is impracticable; providing for maintenance, waiver, and enforcement through existing provisions of Chapter 17.09; and generally relating to tree protection and landscaping under Title 17 of the Code of the City of Annapolis.
BY reenacting with amendments the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2026 Edition, the following:
* Section 17.04.162 (Community green space)
* Section 17.04.032 (Effective tree canopy)
* Section 17.04.652 (Pocket forest)
* Section 17.09.080 (Tree canopy standards for multifamily and mixed-use develo...
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