DEPARTMENT: Development Services
SUBJECT: TPV 17-012 Tree Preservation Variance for Tribute Ranch Subdivision
SUMMARY:
Request by Mr. David Cupit, P.E., for approval of a tree preservation variance request from 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." Due to existing site conditions, design and layout constraints, and the contractor not following the previously approved tree plan, the project is unable to preserve the minimum 80% of significant trees and 100% of heritage trees within the 100-year Floodplain and Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA). The required mitigation for both the 100-year floodplain and Environmentally Sensitive Area will be met by upsizing the required 2 trees per lot, adding an additional 2 trees per lot (for a total of 4 trees per lot) and paying the remaining portion of mitigation with tree credits. (Herminio Griego, (210) 207-6042, herminio.griego@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project A/P# 2191467
Council District: Outside City Limits
Consultant: David Cupit, P.E. of M.W. Cude Engineers
Staff Coordinator: Herminio Griego, Assistant City Arborist, (210) 207-6042
ANALYSIS:
The Development Services Department (DSD) has reviewed the information presented in Mr. David Cupit's letter dated May 10, 2017.
The Unified Development Code (UDC) - Article V, Section 35-523 (h), 100-Year Floodplain(s) and Environmentally Sensitive Areas states that, "Significant trees shall be preserved at eighty (80) percent preservation within both the 100-year floodplains and environmentally sensitive areas. Heritage trees shall be preserved at one hundred (100) percent preservation within both the 100-year floodplain and environmentally sensitive areas. Mitigation shall be prohibited in floodplains and environmentally sens...
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