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iSSlfiQ <br />ration <br />iVhile <br />10 has <br />ithout <br />r <br />Tree Preservation & Reforestation <br />December 10.1997 <br />Page 2 <br />or no trees. These open Helds contribute to importantly to Orono's rural natural <br />character. When these areas are ^'cveloped, even if the development is two-acre <br />residential, this rural natural character can be lost. One method of preserv'ing the <br />natural character is to provide a treed buffer area on the perimeter of the pioperty, <br />particularly where it is adjacent to a public arterial roadway. <br />Development Orientation <br />□ Tree ordinance should be aimed primarily at new development, and have only <br />minimal impact on individual owners of e.xisting developed (and undeveloped?) <br />building lots. There is also strong interest having regulations apply to non-residential <br />development occurring outside the subdivision process. <br />□ The primary responsibility for providing information (tree inventory) must be the <br />developer, but we need to ensure that the financial demands on the developer are <br />reasonable. This might mean we need to limit the extent of those areas required to <br />be inventoried. <br />s tree <br />wing: <br />videly <br />Rural <br />dhods <br />:ertain <br />Enforcement of tree preservation during subdivision development is crucial to <br />success. Will need verv specific guidelines in place as to how tree preservation <br />should occur on developing sites. <br />We need to give developers clear guidelines as to what our goals are and what <br />boundaries they cannot cross, and make them part of the preservation process. It <br />may be helpful to consider tree preservation incentives for developers... <br />We need to beef up our regulations about trees/landscaping for developing <br />commercial sites. <br />1 aren't <br />dsand <br />s prior <br />ids and <br />1 street <br />Orono, <br />nth few <br />Impact on Homeowner <br />□ StatTdoes not have time to monitor cutting of individual trees on every property. If <br />we want this to happen we will need additional staffing (a forester). <br />□ We should provide friendly encouragement and tree preservation guidelines for <br />homeowners, but not regulate them. (How restrictive do you want to be on new home <br />construction on existing vacant lots after the subdivision process is completed?) <br />Standards <br />□ There are many detailed standards to be worked out, and so far not a great deal of <br />agreement as to the specifics. But that's OK; we need to become very clear on what <br />we are trying to accomplish, and then the standards can be written to fit our goals.