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EXHIBIT 'D'
LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING EXISTING TREES & VEGETATIOH
I. PURPOSES
The purposes of these requirements are to establish rules
and regulations qoverninq the protection of trees and veqetative
cover within the limits of The Reserve to encourage the
proliferation of trees and veqetation within The Reserve as well
as their replacement, in recoqnition of their im portance and
their meaninqful contribution to a healthy, beautiful and safer
community attributable to their carbon dioxide absorbtion, oxygen
production, dust filtration, wind and noise reduction, soil
erosian prevention, surface drainage improvement, beautification
and aesthetic enhancement of im proved and vacant lands, and the
general promotion of the health, safety, welfare ~nd well being
of the community.
II. DEF'INITIQNS
(a) BUILGABLE-AREA shall be defined to mean that portion of
a building site exclusive of the required yard areas on which a
structure or building improvements may be erected.
(b) DRIP tINE is a vertical line run throuqh the outermost
' portion of the crown of a tree and extending to the qround
~ provided, however, that the same shall be not less than a ten
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(1B) foot diamster circle which is drawr~ from the center of the
' trunk of a tree.
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(c) REMOVAL shall be defined to include any intentional or ~
neqliqent act which will cause a tree to decline and die within a
period of three (3) years, including but not limited to such
damage inflicted on the root system of a tree by the operation of
heavy machinery; the chanqe of the natural qrade above the root
system of a tree or around the trunk of a tree; and the damages
from injuxy or from fire inflicted on txees whfch results in ar
permits infections or pest infestations.
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(d) SHRUB shall mean a bushy, woody plant, usually with
several permanent stPms, and usually not over fifteen (15) feet
~ high at its maturity.
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~ (e) TREE shall mean any self-supportinq woody perennial
~ plant which has a trunk diameter of two (2) inches or more when
measured at a point four and one-half (4 1/2) feet above qround
level an8 which normally attains an overall height of at least
fifteen (15) feet at maturity, usually with one main stem or
trunk and many branches. it may appear to have several stems or
trunks as in sevezal varfeties of oak.
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