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permit within 30 business days of receiving a completed application, but only after giving public notice of the application and an opportunity for comments as provided in subsection 5 of this section. The City Manager shall provide written notification to the applicant when an application is deemed complete and accepted for processing. 5. If public notice and a comment period is provided or required before acting on an application, the City Manager shall identify abutting properties and others which are partly or wholly within 200 feet of the site on which the trees are to be felled. Written notice of the application shall be mailed by the City Manager to the owners and occupants of the identified properties as shown on the Lane County tax assessment records, as well as to persons who have requested notice of an application to fell trees on the site. The notice shall provide that persons may submit written comments on the application as directed therein, for a period of 15 calendar days from the date of the notice. The applicant, and all persons who submitted written comments and provided a return address, shall be mailed notice of the decision of the City Manager and advised of the right to appeal the action, and the manner in which to do so. 6. The City Manager may attach conditions to the approval of a permit in order to reduce the effects of tree removal, including but not limited to conditions requiring the replacement of trees, replacement of landscaping, measures to protect the critical root zone of trees identified to be retained, measures to protect adjacent properties, and may require the posting of a performance bond. The City Manager may issue a stop work order, and may withhold future development permits, building permits or certificates of occupancy for the site until all conditions are met. R-6.305-E CRITERIA FOR PERMIT APPROVAL. The City Manager shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny a tree felling permit application based on the criteria set forth in this section. (a) The applicant shall provide an application technical report, with supporting material as necessary, which shows how the proposed tree felling is consistent with at least one of the following three criteria: (1) The trees are diseased, or otherwise present hazardous or unsafe conditions due to danger of falling, proximity to existing structures or proposed construction, or interference with utility service or pedestrian or traffic safety. To meet the criterion for removal due to hazard or unsafe conditions due to danger of falling the applicant must provide a tree hazard report prepared by an arborist certified by the International Society of Arboriculture which documents the existence of the hazard or unsafe condition and recommends the tree( s) removal. (2) The trees need to be removed in order to construct improvements or otherwise utilize the property consistent with its zoning, the Eugene Code, 1971, and adopted plans. To meet the criterion for removal in order to construct improvements, the applicant must be in possession of the appropriate building or Administrative Order - 6 r: \adminord\rule\OOtreerem2ao. wpd(03/14/00)