DEPARTMENT: Development Services
SUBJECT: TPV 20-048 Tree Preservation Variance for SAWS WRIP Phase 2
SUMMARY:
Request by Mr. Robert Jenkins for approval of a tree preservation variance request from Unified Development Code Section 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", located along the proposed alignment of the SAWS Segment 2C and Segment 3 pipelines and within the Anderson and Old Pearsall pump stations. Staff recommends approval. (Herminio Griego, (210) 207 - 6042, herminio.griego@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project A/P# 2400168
Council Districts: Inside and in the ETJ adjacent to Districts 4 and 5
Consultant: Mr. Robert Jenkins
Staff Coordinator: Herminio Griego, Assistant City Arborist 210-207-6042
ANALYSIS:
The Development Services Department (DSD) reviewed the information presented in Mr. Robert Jenkins letter dated June 30, 2020.
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 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 an Environmental Variance to mitigate for the removal of tree stand delineated trees and heritage trees in the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) and floodplain in excess of 80% minimum preservation of tree stand and 100% minimum preservation of heritage trees in place under the 2010 Tree Preservation Ordinance f...
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