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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland (municipal)

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Arborist or his/her designee. The                       v.        Where other alternatives are not
                     provision of measures to enhance tree                             feasible, a contribution for each
                     survival (such as raised planters,                                required street tree made to the
                     irrigation, and structural soils as                               City of Portland’s Tree Fund. The
                     recommended by the City Arborist)                                 contribution would primarily be
                     shall be required.                                                for new trees in the
         b.          Where the applicant can demonstrate                               neighborhood of the
                     that site constraints prevent the                                 development, but would include
                     planting of required street trees in the                          an element of maintenance.
                     city right-of-way, the review authority                 vi.       Where the proposed
                     may permit the following to be                                    development includes the
                     counted towards the street tree                                   removal of an existing street tree
                     requirement, subject to the standards                             determined by the City Arborist
                     set out in the Technical Manual:                                  to be a heritage or feature tree,
                i.        The preservation of existing                                 the applicant shall be required to
                          healthy trees that are six inches                            contribute to the Tree Fund at
                          or more DBH on the site within                               the designated rate in the
                          twenty feet of the property line,                            Technical Manual so that the total
                          and visible from the right-of-way.                           replacement cost is significantly
               ii.        The planting of street trees on                              higher than planting a new street
                          the site within 20 feet of the                               tree/contributing for a new street
                          property line where visible from                             tree.
                          the right-of-way.                     D. Water quality, stormwater management, and
              iii.        The installation of other planted        erosion control
                          features in the right-of-way or          1.   All development shall be designed to
                          within 10 feet of the right-of-way            minimize total area of impervious surface
                          and visible from the right-of-way,            on the site and both the volume and rate
                          which are documented to the                   of runoff from the lot. Provisions for
                          satisfaction of the City Arborist             stormwater management shall
                          and Planning Authority to meet                demonstrate the following:
                          the objectives of the street tree             a.         Any stormwater draining onto or
                          requirement.                                             across the lot in its pre-improvement
              iv.         The planting of new street trees                         state will not be impeded or re-
                          on public land or public facilities                      directed so as to create ponding on,
                          in the neighborhood where a                              or flooding of, adjacent lots.
                          reasonable chance of good health              b.         Any increase in volume or rate of
                          and longevity is documented.                             stormwater draining from the lot onto
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