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City of Tukwila <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Tukwila Planning Commission <br />FROM: Carol Lumb, Senior Planner <br />Andrea Cummins, Urban Environmentalist <br />DATE: December 28, 2017 <br />SUBJECT: January 11, 2018 Public Hearing on TMC 18.54, Tree Regulations and <br />TMC 18.06, Definitions <br />On January 11, 2018, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on revisions <br />to the City's tree regulations, found in TMC 18.54, and Zoning Code definitions found in <br />TMC 18.06. <br />The following changes have been made to the draft regulations, based on Planning <br />Commission direction to -date (these changes are also highlighted in yellow in the draft <br />regulations): <br />1. TMC 18.06 Definitions: <br />• Nuisance Tree definition has been revised to add "underground utilities". <br />2. TMC 18.54, Tree Regulations: <br />a. 18.54.020 D. "Exceptional Tree" deleted from requirement to provide an <br />arborist's report. <br />b. 18.54.040 A. spell out "CRZ": Critical Root Zone. <br />c. 18.54.040 Table A — Arborist report not required for trees 18 inches or <br />greater in diameter within a 36 -month period. <br />d. 18.54.060 D. The Planning Commission requested that the language of the <br />first sentence be revised. Staff suggests the following: <br />If the number of trees to be removed exceeds the permitted amount in a 36 - <br />month period on a property zoned Low Density Residential and improved with <br />a single-family dwelling, those trees shall be replaced based on the <br />replacement requirements set forth in TMC 18.54.080 and Table B. <br />e. 18.54.080 B. new last sentence exempts trees damaged or destroyed due to <br />a natural disaster from replacement. <br />CL 1/4/2018 2:50 PM <br />W:11Sharepoint\Long Range Planning12016-2017 Landscape & Tree Code Update\Draft Tree Code\Planning Commission\PC Info Memo 12-28-17 <br />3 <br />