Title
Forest Conservation - Reforestation - For the purpose of requiring reforestation in certain circumstances to maintain the City's current tree canopy percentage; and generally relating to reforestation requirements.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 34-21
Introduced by: Alderman Savidge
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to
Planning Commission
Rules and City Government Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Forest Conservation - Reforestation
FOR the purpose of requiring reforestation in certain circumstances to maintain the City's current tree canopy percentage; and generally relating to reforestation requirements. .
BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2021 Edition
21.71.060
21.71.070
21.71.100
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
Title 21 - PLANNING AND ZONING
Chapter 21.71 - FOREST CONSERVATION
Section 21.71.060 Forest stand delineation.
A. Criteria.
1. A forest stand delineation shall be submitted to the Department as the first step of making application for the plans or permits specified in Section 21.71.045 AND SHALL NOT BE IMPACTED BY CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY.
2. The delineation shall be prepared by a licensed Forester, licensed Landscape Architect, or a qualified professional who meets the requirements stated in COMAR 08.19.06.01A.
3. The delineation shall be used during the preliminary review process to determine the most suitable and practical areas for forest conservation and shall contain the following components:
i. A topographic map delineating intermittent and perennial streams, and steep slopes;
ii. A natural resources inventory;
iii. A soils map delineating soils with structural limitations, hydric soils, or soils with a soil k value greater than 0.35 on slopes of fifteen percent or more;
iv. Forest stan...
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