Sandy Springs staff outline canopy mitigation, replacement math and recompense
City arborists explained mitigation buckets (canopy, landmark, side-setback, boundary), how a 25% critical-root-zone impact triggers mitigation, and gave an example showing planting requirements and recompense payments to the city tree fund.
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Layton, a Sandy Springs city arborist, walked through how mitigation is calculated when protected trees (typically 18" DBH or larger) are removed or otherwise lost to development.
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