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) ■ ) ) ORDINANCE NO. 97-778 Page 3 g) i) j) • The applicant will not be required to raise the number of trees above 25 trees per acre. If the applicant and the city agree that there is no appropriate location for some or all of the replacement trees, those trees will not be required. In calculating the number of replacement trees, only trees meeting the minimum sizes in subparagraph (g) below may be counted. Notwithstanding the above, any development that is subject to Section 300.27 must meet the minimum landscape requirements of that section. Any trees required to be planted must be varied in species, must be primarily species native to the area, may not include any species that are subject to disease epidemic or are on the list of less desirable trees established by the city forester, and must be hardy under local conditions. They must be at least two and one-half inches in diameter for deciduous trees and six feet tall for coniferous trees, except that for property located in the Planned 1-394 District they must be at least three and one-half Inches in diameter for deciduous trees and ten feet tall for coniferous trees. The required trees must be replaced by the property owner or original developer if they die within one year after installation. Before any construction or grading takes place, snow fencing, erosion contro fencing, or similar device must be placed around the drip lines of significant trees that are to be preserved or that are located nearby on adjacent property. No construction, compaction, or grading of any kind may occur within these drip lines, except when necessary to save additional significant trees and when the risk to the tref.s designated for preservation is minimal. The developer must place signs on the fencing prohibiting construction, compaction, or grading. The city may require a conservation easement to ensure that selected areas of significant trees are not destroyed after development has been approved. A significant tree that was removed or otherwise destroyed within two years before a development application must be replaced in the same general location by two trees meeting the requirements of paragraph (g) above. The replacement trees will be considered significant trees existing at the time of the development application and may be removed and relocated on the site only if the original significant tree would have been allowed to be removed under this ■ *ordinance. k) The area of any compensatory water storage may not be located where there are any significant trees, unless approved by the city. The compensatory 4