Draft code would allow $200 fee-in-lieu when street trees are not replaced
The municipal code audit proposes a fee-in-lieu of $200 when a removed street tree cannot be replanted within the right-of-way or the front setback; fee revenue would go to a street tree fund for planting elsewhere in the city and council can set the amount.
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Staff told the commission the municipal code audit clarifies triggers for permits and professional standards and proposes a fee-in-lieu when replacement within the right-of-way or front setback is infeasible. "The proposed fee is $200 that that property owner would pay to the city into our street fund as a fee in lie of not planting that tree," staff said, explaining the city would use the fund to plant appropriate street trees elsewhere.
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