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Council waives $58,050 tree mitigation fee for Park Ridge Plaza with construction mitigation condition
Summary
Council approved an alternative tree preservation request for Park Ridge Plaza (Case AC25-001), waiving a remaining $58,050 mitigation fee after the applicant proposed on-site landscape improvements estimated at $93,000; approval included a condition requiring 5:1 mitigation for any trees lost during construction.
The Corinth City Council on March 20 approved an alternative compliance request from Park Ridge Investment Group, LLC (case AC25-001) to waive the remaining tree-mitigation fee for development of a retail/restaurant building at 3180 Park Ridge Drive.
Matthew Lilly of the city’s planning department described the 1.2-acre site, currently zoned PDE-3 with a C-1 base, and said the proposal is for a 10,392-square-foot retail/restaurant building with 63 parking spaces. Lilly said the site contains 74 protected trees totaling 702 caliper inches; the applicant proposes to remove 65 trees (612 caliper inches) and to preserve nine protected trees, representing about 12.8% of on-site caliper inches.
Lilly said the applicant is eligible for credits that reduced the mitigation requirement, leaving a remaining mitigation obligation of 387 caliper inches equal to a fee of $58,050. The applicant proposed landscape and design alternatives — including widening the Park Ridge Drive sidewalk from 4 to 5 feet, installing screening plantings and shade trees where possible, relocating sidewalks to allow planting strips, and moving the building to better frame the corner — and provided an estimate of about $93,000 in on-site improvements.
Staff recommended approval, and the council approved the waiver with the condition that any trees removed or lost due to construction activity must be mitigated at a 5:1 ratio regardless of size. A councilmember moved to approve the case; another seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
During discussion a councilmember asked about parking requirements; Lilly said the development meets the city’s minimum parking requirements for the proposed uses.
