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r FROM -CITY OF MQPLE GRO*v^ CVED 612 434 6425 1537.03-18 13:01 «644 P.06 11 li. u M. r ST 375:109. Subd. 5 (Rev. 1993) (c) Upon receipt of the application, reprc.scntatives of the City may visit and in^ct the site and adjoining lands. Prior to voting upon a Forest Management Plan, the City may soUcit the opinion of a forester. If the City Council determines that the plan wi I not destroy any designated or proposed landmark tree, will preserve positive attributes relative to stabilization of soil, water quality, and drainage, and will be for the ot the fbrest, it may approve the Forest Management Plan by a majority vote. If the Council determines otherwise, the application shall be denied. If the City Council denies a Forest Management Plan, it shall set forth in writing the rcason(s) for denial. (2)An approved Forest Management F:. n shall remain in eftcct until a request to develop all or part of the property ut the Plan is filed with the City, which event shall automatically terminate the Plan, or until the applicant (or the applicant ’s heirs, successors, or assigns) and the City agree to terminate the Plan. The City Council may, after notice and an opport^ity to be heard, revoke an approved Forest Management Plan if it determines, through inspection or otherwise, that such Plan is not being followed. Upon such revocation, the basic restrictions of SccUon ^75:109 shall apply to the affected properly as if no Forest Management Plan had ever been approved for that property, and those restrictions shall continue to apply unless a new Forest Management Plan for the property is approved at sometime in the future. . (d) Any request for amendment of an approved Forest Management Plan shall be processed and reviewed as if it were an initial application for such a Plan unless one or more application requirements in Subd. 4(a) and (b) above arc specifically waived by the City Council by a majority vote. Subd. 5. Unless provided otherwise in an approved Forest Management Plan, the following conditions apply to removal of trees referred to in Subd. 3 above. (a)Standards of Preservation During Subdivision. 0)Seventy percent (70%) of the total inches of tree DBH occupying a site shall be protected. If more than thirty percent (30%) of the total DBH of trees on the site arc removed due to the Installmiun of streets and utilities, and the^ grading ncccsshated by subdividing, the cxces.s shall be replaced at a ratio ot 1-1/2 inches of DBH of replacement for every inch of DBH of removal above thirty percent (30%).