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Adopted 7/16/2001 -Effective 8/15/2001 City of San Leandro Zoning Code -Article 19 <br />(includes amendments effective through 2007) <br />include, but are not be limited to, irrigation water use analysis, irri_ action <br />audits and irrigation surveys for compliance with the Maximum Applied Water <br />Allowance. All landscape irrigation audits shall be conducted by a certified <br />landscape irrigation auditor. For new construction and rehabilitated landscape <br />projects installed after January 1, 2Q10 the project applicant shat[ submit an <br />irrigation audit report with the Certificate of Completion to the City of San <br />Leandro that may include, but is not limited to: inspection, system tune-up, <br />system test with distribution uniformity, reporting overspray or run off that <br />causes overland flow, and preparation of an irrigation schedule. <br />4-1906 Existing Trees on Development Sites <br />A. Identification of Trees on Development Applications. <br />Plans submitted for "Site Plan Approval" shall identify all existing trees <br />with a trunk diameter equal or greater than six (6) inches in diameter <br />as measured four and one-half (4'/2) feet above existing grade. The <br />plans shall indicate the trees' species and drip-lines. The plan(s) shall <br />indicate which trees are proposed for removal, and a "limit of grading" <br />line, where applicable. <br />2. To supplement the above requirements, an applicant may be required <br />to provide a tree report, to be prepared by a certified arborist, that <br />provides additional information to aid the decision-maker(s) in the <br />evaluation of the site plan. The report should indicate such <br />information as the tree's health, appearance, suitability for <br />preservation, and/or potential for failure. <br />B. Preservation or Replacement of Trees. <br />Ability to Require Preservation or Replacement. The "Site Plan <br />Approval" decision-maker may require that significant trees be <br />preserved, and/or that replacement trees be provided within the final <br />landscape plan for the project. A tree may be found to be significant <br />due to its size, age, prominence in the neighborhood's landscape, <br />and/or habitat value. <br />2. Applicant Must Identify Protection Measures. Final grading and <br />landscape plans for the project (as submitted at the building/grading <br />permit stage) shall specify tree protection measures for those trees that <br />were either identified on the applicant's plan to be preserved, or were <br />required to be preserved as a condition of Site Plan, Use Permit or <br />Planned Development approval. In addition, the Zoning Enforcement <br />Official or project decision-makers may require the applicant to provide <br />additional security, such as a bond or certificate of deposit, to cover <br />possible replacement if the subject tree(s) are damaged or destroyed. <br />AR.19 <br />Page 8 of 19;~ <br />