Austin |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 25. LAND DEVELOPMENT. |
Chapter 25-2. ZONING. |
SubChapter C. USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. |
Article 9. LANDSCAPING. |
Division 3. Additional Site Plan Requirements in Hill Country Roadway Corridors. |
§ 25-2-1022. NATIVE TREES.
(A)
In this section:
(1)
NATIVE TREE means live oak, Spanish oak, cedar elm, shin oak, bald cypress, post oak, pecan, bur oak, or black walnut.
(2)
SMALL NATIVE TREE means Texas madrone, black cherry, Texas mountain laurel, evergreen sumac, Mexican buckeye, flameleaf sumac, or Texas persimmon.
(B)
A site plan must provide a sufficient number of native or small native trees to reasonably compensate for the removal of:
(1)
each small native tree;
(2)
each native tree with a trunk diameter greater than six inches; and
(3)
each cluster of three or more native trees located within ten feet of each other with trunk diameters greater than two inches.
Source: Section 13-7-66(a); Ord. 990225-70; Ord. 031211-11.