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formulas established in valuation of landsca a Trees Shrubs and Other ~ Plants International Society of Arborcul ture} and shall relieve the contractor/ developer from planting a number of trees equal to the value of the Heritage Tree preserved. 2. Contractors/developers who choose to reserve . P s ~ gn ~ f ~ cant vegetat ~ on on the s ~ te, ~ ncl ud~ ng Heritage Trees, shall be required to: a. Submi t a Beta i 1 ed planting plan to the urban forester who shall confirm that vegetati an to be preserved. conforms to the definition for significant vegetation or Heritage Tree; b. Follow the urban forester's recommendations to insure that na cutting, f i l 1 i ng or compaction of sal l takes place within the root zone protect i an area, which cons ~ sts of 1516 of the area defined by the dri pl i ne of the tree. Alteration of the soi 1 within the root zone protection area shall require submittal , to the city urban forester, of a plan for mitigative actions to preserve the tree. The mitigation p1 an shat 1 address drainage, campacti on, feeding, and pruning measures that wi 11 be taken to insure the cant i Hued health of the tree before and after the root zone protection area i s disturbed . c, Execute an agreement with the city to replace any significant tree or Heritage Tree that dies w~ th ~ n f ~ ve years of the date the agreement i s signed . For trees determined to be significant, replacement trees shall be provided at the rate of two new trees for each tree lost, The replacement ratio for Heritage Trees i s variable; the number of Heritage replacement trees shal 1 be equal to the number credited, as provided in section 9.5892}~i}1.d., above. The location of replacement trees shat 1 be determined prior to execution of the agreement . ~3} Parkin Area landsca in Al on a Publ is Ri ht-of-Wa . ~a} Parking areas abutting a publ is right-af-way, except alleys and accessways, shall pravi de a pl ant i ng strip between the right-of -way and the parking areas as fall ows: 1. Wi th i n a Trans i t Dri ented Devei opment District a strip not less than five feet in width shall be provided; 2. In all other areas, a strip not less than seven feet in width shall be provided. The planting strip may be pierced by pedestrian and vehicular accessways . Planting strips al ong a publ i c right-of -way shall be planted with large-scale, high-canopy, horizontally-branching tree species and asight-obscuring evergreen hedge. See Fig. 20} . fib} Parking area entrance driveways shall be provided with a m~ n~ mum seven foot w~ de planting strip between the entry drive and the parking area to heighten entryway vi s i bi 1 i ty and improve parking area ci rcu1 ati on. Entrance driveway planting strips shall be planted with 1 arge- scat e, h i gh-canopy tree species and 1 ow shrubs or Ordinance - 29