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Rebekah Roth, Director
TREE REMOVAL PERMIT
To: Mark Hargrove, PE — Port City Consulting Engineers, PLLC (mhargrove@ec.rr.com)
From: Amy Doss
Current Planner
Date: December 2111, 2021
Subject: Tree Removal Permit — Rodney Williams, DMRW1, LLC
New Hanover County has approved tree removal plans and has issued a tree removal permit for
the property described below.
APPLICANT NAME: Rodney Williams.
PERMIT NUMBER: TR-21-000024
TREE REMOVAL/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Removal of documented trees.
REQUIRED MITIGATION: 76 inches (38 x_ 2) is offset by trees being saved totaling 220 inchIL.
Mitigation may be achieved by planting new trees,, preserving trees, or by providing o payment
into the County Tree Improvement Fund. See Section 5.3.1 of the Unified Development Ordinance
for more information.
APPROVED TREE MITIGATION: The mitigation is approved per UDO Section 5.3.8.A.2, retention
of existing unregulated_ or Documented Trees with a minimum of 2 inches DBH counts for mitigation
of the removal of Significant Trees with every inch at DBH retained counting for one miticlation inch.
No mitigation is required.
ADDRESS: 620 Springbranch Road.
PARCEL ID NUMBER(S): R04900-001-014-000, R04908-004-004-000, R04908-004-005-000,
R04220-01 1-001-000, R04220-01 1-002-000.
Tree removal activities for the above property may begin at this time in accordance with the County's
regulations and with the following conditions:
1. TREE REMOVAL MUST BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS APPROVED BY THE
COUNTY (ATTACHED TO THIS PERMIT), INCLUDING PLANS FOR MITIGATING THE REMOVAL
OF SIGNIFICANT TREES. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE APPROVED PLAN MAY RESULT IN A
REQUIRED PAYMENT INTO THE COUNTY'S TREE IMPROVEMENT FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
COUNTY STANDARDS.
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2. AN UNDISTURBED AREA WITH POROUS SURFACE SHALL BE RESERVED AROUND EACH TREE
RETAINED TO COMPLY WITH COUNTY STANDARDS AS DETERMINED BY THE TREE'S DRIP RING
OF ITS NATURAL CANOPY.
3. TREE PROTECTION• FENCING:
A. EXISTING TREES RETAINED ON THE SITE TO COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE IDENTIFIED ON THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE PLAN. AN UNDISTURBED
AREA WITH A PORUS SURFACE SHALL BE RESERVED AROUND EACH TREE AS DETERMINED
BY THE TREE'S DRIP RING OF ITS NATURAL CANOPY.
B. PRIOR TO ANY CLEARING, GRADING, OR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, APPROVED TREE
PROTECTION FENCING (SUCH AS SAFETY BARRIER FENCING, A WOODEN SLAT SNOW
FENCE, OR WIRE FENCE) SHALL BE INSTALLED AROUND PROTECTED TREES OR TREE
STANDS LOCATED IN CONSTRUCTION AREAS OR OTHER SITE AREAS THAT WILL BE
DISTURBED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
C. THE FENCING SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT AND BE OF DURABLE
CONSTRUCTION.
D. TREE PROTECTION FENCING SHALL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH COMPLETION OF
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
E. NO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, TOOLS, MATERIALS, OR VEHICLES ARE PERMITTED WITHIN
THE TREE PROTECTION FENCING.
4. IF ANY TREE RETAINED TO COMPLY WITH COUNTY STANDARDS IS DESTROYED,
SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, OR DIES AS A RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE
PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE CLEARING, GRADING, OR LAND
DISTURBING ACTIVITY, THEN REPLACEMENT TREES MUST BE PLANTED ON THE SITE OR A
PAYMENT MUST BE MADE TO THE COUNTY'S TREE IMPROVEMENT FUND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH COUNTY STANDARDS.
5. THIS PERMIT DOES NOT RELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNER OR APPLICANT FROM ANY LAW,
REGULATION, OR REQUIREMENT OF ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT OR REGULATORY AGENCY.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL PERMITS MAY BE REQUIRED TO BE OBTAINED
PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY CLEARING, GRADING, OR OTHER LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES.
6. MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE APPROVED TREE REMOVAL AND MITIGATION PLAN WILL
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REVIEW BY THE COUNTY AND MAY REQUIRE THE SUBMITTAL OF A NEW
TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION.
Issued by: t Date: 12/21 Z2021
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*IF THE TREE REMOVAL ACTIVITIES HAVE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY COMMENCED BY WITHIN SIX
MONTHS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE. THIS PERMIT SHALL EXPIRE, AND A NEW TREE REMOVAL PERMIT
APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED.
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