TO: Planning Board Members
FROM: Cynthia Cannon, Assistant Planning & Zoning Manager
DATE: 6/7/2022
SUBJECT:
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Proposed Amendment to Section 12-6-4(4) - Landscape and Tree Protection (Notice) of the Code of the City of Pensacola
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BACKGROUND:
On May 12, 2022 the City Council referred to the Planning Board a proposed amendment to Section 12-6-4(4) - Landscape and Tree Protection (Notice) of the Code of the City of Pensacola. The proposed item seeks to add clarity to the code by including the following revised language (revised language is in underline format):
Notice. If removal is sought for one or more heritage trees or for more than ten protected trees (including heritage trees sought to be removed) and/or if removal of more than 50 of existing protected trees is sought within any property in any zoning district identified in section 12-6-2, a sign shall be posted no further back than four feet from the property line nearest each respective roadway adjacent to the property. One sign shall be posted for every 100 feet of roadway frontage. Each sign shall contain two horizontal lines of legible and easily discernible type. The top line shall state: "Tree Removal Permit Applied For." The bottom line shall state: "For Further Information Contact the City of Pensacola at 311" (or other number as designated by the Mayor). The top line shall be in legible type no smaller than six inches in height. The bottom line shall be in legible type no smaller than three inches in height. There shall be a margin of at least three inches between all lettering and the edge of the sign. Prior to the final approval of any landscape or tree protection plan where a protected species and/or heritage tree removal is requested and prior to the requisite building, site work, or tree removal permit is being issued, the requisite signs shall be posted by the applicant at their expense, and shall remain continuously posted for two weeks. The city's designated arborist will notify the councilperson representing the district in which the permit has been requested upon receipt of the request.