Commission rejects developer’s request to satisfy clear‑cutting via tree‑bank payment
The commission declined a request by the Kryike/Cry property owner to pay into Fairview’s tree bank in lieu of on‑site landscape restoration after the site was graded; staff had calculated a contribution of $44,425 based on 888.5 caliper inches removed.
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Staff presented PC Resolution PC 2326, a request to contribute to the city’s tree bank for 2135 Fairview Boulevard after grading removed trees from the site. Staff said a tree survey identified 888.5 caliper inches of removed trees and applied the established rate of $50 per caliper inch to calculate a required payment of $44,425. Staff cited Section 2‑103.4 of the Fairview design review manual as the code provision allowing the applicant to request a buy‑in to the tree bank.
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