Commission reviews modest tree-code changes, including 0.5 credit for property-line trees
Staff proposed small adjustments to Bellevue's tree code — counting property-line trees as half a retained-tree credit, aligning SR-1 retention thresholds with other SR districts, and replacing a parking/circulation trigger with an impervious-surface threshold — to add flexibility while preserving canopy goals.
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Staff told the Planning Commission that the omnibus LUCA includes a few targeted tree-code edits intended to refine how retained-tree credits are calculated and when tree-code compliance is triggered.
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