§ 10-4.326. Vegetation removal.  


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  • Underbrushing or other removal of vegetation within any unaltered or naturally vegetated floodplain or wetland, within any area covered primarily by high quality successional or native forests, within any area designated as a canopy road corridor, or within any area containing any threatened, endangered, or special concern species, shall not be undertaken prior to submission, and approval by the county administrator or designee, of a vegetation management plan. Such a submission may be made as part of a stormwater management short-form application where criteria of subsection 10-4.204(a)(1) are met. Each vegetation management plan shall be prepared by an appropriately qualified professional. Vegetation management plans shall conform to the objectives and intent of this article, and to all other requirements of this article which are applicable in light of the nature and extent of the proposed activity.

(Ord. No. 07-20, § 2, 7-10-07)