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Tree Preservation Ordinance Continued <br />4. <br />5. <br />time period increases so does the difficulty of documenting and monitoring existing <br />trees years in advance of a dev elopment. <br />Reforestation - should the city go beyond protecting existing trees to requiring additional <br />trees in non-forested areas? <br />a. ) Commercial development. The city may want to include landscaping requirements as <br />part of its commercial site plan review, particularly along Highway 12. <br />b. ) Subdivisions. <br />1. The city's current subdivision ordinance enables the city to require some tree <br />planting. The city may want to add specific landscaping requirements to its <br />subdivision regulations. <br />1 <br />An important element running through the above issues is a balancing of the city's interest <br />in preserving trees with the property owner's rights to use the property.