§ 24.25.400. Vegetation removal—Other.

Other vegetation may be removed from important habitat areas and associated buffers as follows:

A.

Removal of vegetation to the minimum extent necessary for surveying or testing purposes, as determined by the approval authority.

B.

Harvesting of plants and plant materials for restoration and enhancement projects provided the harvested material does not comprise more than twenty percent of any single plant, the species harvested comprises forty percent or more of the vegetation in the important habitat area/buffer on site, the harvested material consists of woody stems and twigs, and no root material is harvested, except as provided for in this section.

C.

Salvage of whole plants in areas approved for development.

D.

Removal of vegetation as part of an approved habitat restoration/enhancement project in the important habitat area.

E.

Pruning and/or limb thinning

(Ord. No. 14773, § 3(Att. B), 7-24-2012)