DEPARTMENT: Development Services
SUBJECT:
TPV# 15-007 / AP#2057043
SUMMARY:
Tree Preservation Variance Request TPV#15-007 Request by Mr. George Weron, KFW Engineers on behalf of Mr. Gordon V. Hartman, Velma Development, LLC. for Summerhill MDP Floodplain Improvements for approval of a variance request from the Unified Development Code 35-523 (h), "significant trees shall be preserved at eighty (80) percent and heritage trees at one hundred (100) percent preservation within both the 100-year floodplains and environmentally sensitive areas." With the removal of the only existing 33 inch heritage mesquite tree within the floodplain, 33 inches of required tree mitigation will be met by planting 40 inches on the adjacent site to meet overall tree mitigation requirements. Project is proposed within the FEMA floodplain and located approximately 1/4 mile Southeast of the intersection of Loop 1604 and N. Graytown Rd. Staff recommends Approval. (Justin R. Krobot, Assistant City Arborist, (210)207-6042, justin.krobot@sanantonio.gov, Development Services, Land Development - Tree Preservation Division).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Council District: 2
Tract Size: 54.15 acres
Staff Coordinator: Justin R. Krobot, Assistant City Arborist, (210) 207-6042
ANALYSIS:
The Development Services Department (DSD) has reviewed the information presented in Mr. Weron's letter dated June 23, 2015.
The Unified Development Code (UDC) - Article 5, Division 5. Natural Resource Protection, Section 35, states that 35-523 (f) Table 523-1A "up to 80% of significant and heritage trees may be mitigated rather than preserved" and 35-523 (h), "significant trees shall be preserved at eighty (80) percent and heritage trees at one hundred (100) percent preservation within both the 100-year floodplains and environmentally sensitive areas." (2010 Tree Preservation Ordinance)
The applicant wishes to go below the minimum preservation for heritage trees in the Floodplain for t...
Click here for full text