DEPARTMENT: Development Services
SUBJECT: TPV 19-019 Tree Preservation Variance for SAWS E-20 Wurzbach Parkway Segment 1
SUMMARY:
Request by Mr. Kendall NeSmith, 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", general located off of Nacogdoches Road and Salado Cliff Drive. Staff recommends approval. (Herminio Griego, (210) 207-6042, herminio.griego@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project A/P# 2458102
Council District: 10
Consultant: Kendall NeSmith, P.E. with Kimley-Horn and Associates
Staff Coordinator: Herminio Griego, Assistant City Arborist, (210) 207-6042
ANALYSIS:
The Development Services Department (DSD) reviewed the information presented in Mr. Kendall NeSmith letter dated April 2, 2019.
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 within both the 100-year floodplains and environmentally sensitive areas. Mitigation shall be prohibited in floodplains and environmentally sensitive area except when a variance is granted by the Planning Commission."
The applicant is requesting a variance to mitigate for removal of surveyed trees within the 100-year floodplain below the minimum preservation of protected significant and heritage trees in place under the 2015 Tree Preservation Ordinance for the installation of the San Antonio Waster System E-20 Wurzbach Parkway Segment 1 sanitary sewer line (the Project). DSD staff does agree with the applicant's request to mitigate via...
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