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Deciduous Big - Black Cottonwood - balsamifra Ash - latifolia - Black Hawthorn - Crataegus douglasii Pacific - Salix lucida ssp. lasiadra

Bitter Cherry - emarginata Pacific Dogwood - Cornus nuttallii Contact City of Covington: 253-480-2400, dial 0 for reception Pacific Crabapple - fusca Cascara - Rhammnus purshiana Report non-emergency issues in the city: Western Beaked Hazelnut - • Download the Covington Connects App for Corylus coruta var. californica Apple or Android Scoulers Willow - Salix scouleriana • Or, begin a report online: Sitka Willow - Salix sitchensis www.covingtonwa.gov.covingtonconnects/ Vine Maple - Pacific Ninebark - Physocarpus captatus This information is provided only as a general Serviceberry-Saskatoon - guide. Exact ordinance requirements may vary Amelanchier alnifolia based upon site specific conditions.

Evergreen/Coniferous Property owners are responsible for reviewing Western Red Cedar - CMC 18.45 in its entirety to determine how the Sitka - regulations apply to any specific property. Douglas - Pseudotsuga menziesii Grand Fir - Western Hemlock - Shore - Pinus contorta variety cotorta (not Lodgepole pine) Western White Pine - Pinus monticola Western Yew - brevifolia Pacific Madrone - Arbutus menziesii City of Covington *Northwest native 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100 Covington, WA 98042 (Compiled from of the Pacific 253-480-2400 Northwest Coast, eds. Pojar and www.covingtonwa.gov MacKinnon, 1994) Rev. 07/18 Q:\Community Development\Handouts\Brochures\Current Brochures\ Preservation Ordinance Brochure 0718.pub

• Sites with 20 significant What if I don’t meet an exemption? trees or less (healthy tree • If property is regulated and tree The tree preservation ordinance: six inches DBH or larger). preservation is required under the • Establishes regulations and procedures for • Emergency removal of ordinance, either a minor tree removal preserving more existing trees, retaining hazard trees provided permit or a major tree clearing permit desirable trees, and maintaining a viable such removal is reported will be required and each of these types tree canopy for the city, to the city within 10 days • Allows of hazard trees without on a form provided by the of permits have different submittal and review requirements. city permit or fees (except critical areas), city. This exemption shall • Helps balance reasonable development of not apply to existing trees • Minor Tree Removal Permits: property with reasonable preservation and located within designated Removal of trees on 1-2 acre lots, enhancement of surrounding property tree tracts. or on property or easements values, and increase privacy for residential • Normal or routine maintenance of existing trees granted to public utilities. • sites, provided that said maintenance does not involve Major Tree Clearing Permits: • Promotes building practices consistent removal of healthy trees and is not detrimental to Removal of trees, clearing and with the city’s natural topography, , the health of any trees. Trenching or digging to a grading of land with trees, , depth of greater than one foot within the critical and vegetation features, or other ground cover on 2+ acres. zone and tree topping is not allowed. • • Restricts tree removal in critical areas, May be applied for as standalone permit • • Preserves 15% of the existing significant Commercial or wholesale nurseries or tree farms. or in conjunction with other associated trees on residentially subdivided property • Tree harvesting with a Forest Practices Permit land use applications or other permits. issued by the State Department of within designated tree tracts, and • Natural Resources under RCW 76.09.470. Commercial/industrial property: Only • Enables city staff to administer code land on 2+ acres is regulated and only if • Residential sites 1 acre or less or commercial or violations more effectively. it has more than 20 significant trees. industrial sites 2 acres or less, provided no critical areas or buffers are disturbed, and no land No tree tracts are required, but a clearing, grading, or filling is involved. “Tree Enhancement Plan” is required • Removal of trees on city-owned property for with the developer deciding how many existing trees to preserve or replant, installation of utilities and public facilities and maintenance of city property. subject to city approval. • Limited removal of trees on existing developed Are there exemptions from permits? residential tracts, 1-10 acres within 35 feet of Review CMC 18.45.060 for information regarding the following: CMC 18.45.050 Exemptions from Tree Permits an existing building footprint and 15 feet of an • accessory building footprint. Permit & application submission The following activities or sites are exempt Exempted areas for tree removal are measured requirements and fees • from the permit requirements of CMC from the edge of a building wall, road, drive, or Permit Review — Administrative 18.45.060, 18.45.070, and 18.45.080, unless they easement out to the critical root zones of any tree. provisions and authority • disturb any critical area or critical area buffer, Trees outside of the aforementioned 35 foot and Tree protection & fencing standards • or identified shoreline jurisdiction, or unless 10 foot areas shall not be removed without tree Tree removal surrounding existing or they cause a major adverse impact to runoff removal permits. proposed building footprints. • and diversion of storm water or streams, Limited exemption for firewood removal on 10 • Additional permit restrictions or erosion, risk of landslide, infiltration of acres or less. Removal of up to 4 trees annually for requirements. personal use as firewood, not resale, from any resi- pollution into ground water, or major adverse dential land up to ten acres; provided the impacts to safety and security of adjacent property owner does not remove trees below the properties, as determined by the Community minimum 20 tree threshold for tree preservation Development Department Director. as required in CMC 18.45.080.