§ 178-5. Mitigation for creating or increasing impervious surface.

To mitigate the negative environmental impacts associated with the creation or expansion of impervious surfaces, for every 200 square feet of impervious surface created or expanded or part thereof in excess of the first 200 square feet, the property owner shall plant one tree with a minimum DBH of two inches. Trees with a greater DBH may satisfy this requirement in a mathematically proportionate manner, so that, for example, a tree with four-inch DBH may be planted for 400 square feet of newly created or expanded impervious surface beyond the first 200 square feet. In the event trees are proposed to be removed and replaced under Chapter 301, Trees and Shrubs, of the City Code, the greater required total DBH of new trees between this chapter and Chapter 301 shall control. In lieu of planting trees on site and only when technically impractical or impossible, a fee shall be paid to the City Tree Fund to defray the City's costs for acquisition maintenance and planting of trees elsewhere on City properties, in accordance with Chapter 133 (Fees) of the City Code.