DEPARTMENT: Development Services
SUBJECT: TPV 17-019 Tree Preservation Variance for Ruby City Art Museum
SUMMARY:
1. Request by Mr. Karl Baker., 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." The Ruby City Art Museum Project is located adjacent to the San Pedro Creek Improvements Project which is being developed by the San Antonio River Authority (SARA). Nearly forty percent (40%) of the Ruby City property along the 100-year floodplain is anticipated to be donated to the Creek Project. Coordination between the Owner and SARA on the Creek Project and Ruby City Museum design will remove 2 protected trees in the Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) which includes the 100-year floodplain and the 30 foot floodplain buffer. The required mitigation for the project will be met by planting 14 small to large native species trees which increases the species diversity as well as increasing the overall future tree canopy cover. The applicant will also pay into the tree mitigation fund. (Mark C Bird, 210.207.0278, mark.bird@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)
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 De...
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