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Tree/Shrub Replacement Compliance Form

TREE REPLACEMENT COMPLIANCE FORM | Rev. 12.31.2018/jel

All landscaping must be maintained per Town Code Section 30-553. If trees are to be removed the following form

must be filled out and all trees and shrubs replace per city code. You will have 30 days to replant the trees.

Extension can be granted, however, approval from the Town if required for this extension. Bonding may be

required.

Date __

_______________________ Permit # (if applicable) ____________________________________________

Property Address ______________________________________________________________________________

Owner ___________________________________ Phone ______________________________________________

Owner Address ____________________________ Email ______________________________________________

Contractor ________________________________ Phone _____________________________________________

Contractor Address _________________________ Email ______________________________________________

Number of Large trees removed

Number of Small trees removed

Number of Large shrubs removed

Number in buffer 100’ buffer

Total Removed

Date trees are to be replaced or

Waiver requested (Minimum remaining landscaping required)

Reason for Waiver

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Owner Signature

Contractor Signature

Town Approval

Pleas

e send Site/Landscaping Plan and Planting Schedule

to Gail Blazer at:

Email gblazer@oceancitymd.gov

Fax 410.289-8703

Town of Ocean City, P.O. Box 158, Ocean City, MD 21842

Don’t forget to call Gail for a final inspection at 410.289.8825

Office Use Only:

Tree/Shrub Sizes

Small Tree = 1-1/2 Caliper

Large Tree = 2” plus Caliper

Large Shrub = 5’ plus Height or Spread

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Tree/Shrub Replacement Compliance Form

TREE REPLACEMENT COMPLIANCE FORM | Rev. 12.31.2018/jel

Sec. 30-553.

Intensely developed areas

(8) Afforestation.

e. Trees or shrubs outside the 100-foot Buffer that are removed, including dead diseased or dying

plants, shall be replaced at a 1:1 ratio. Tree or shrub removal done at the direction of the Town for

purposes of public safety shall be exempt from this section. Trees removed from the 100-foot

Buffer shall be mitigated at a 2:1 ratio.

Landscaping, Consists of trees woody plant materials shrubs ornamental grasses and herbaceous plants

Sec. 30-553

(15) General Landscape Provisions

c. Installation maintenance and inspections

i. All landscaping materials shall be installed in a sound workmanlike manner and

according to accepted planting procedures The Department shall determine the adaptability

of the proposed plants to the proposed site in accordance with landscape standards on file

with the Department All landscaping materials shall be installed or guaranteed with a cash

or surety bond in accordance with the approved landscape plan prior to issuance of a

certificate of occupancy

ii. Each landscape area must be readily accessible to a water supply. Landscape areas

shall be kept healthy and free from refuse and debris at all times Proper maintenance shall

include watering weeding mowing mulching fertilizing and pruning.

iii. Landscaping shall be inspected every three years by the Department to ensure proper

maintenance If it is determined that the landscaping is not being properly maintained the

owner shall be so notified by the Department in writing The owner shall have 30 days from

the date of notification to replace unhealthy or dead plant material or restore it to a healthy

condition If this notification occurs during a season not appropriate for planting the

replacement or restoration shall be completed as soon as possible If replacement or

restoration is not completed in the prescribed time period and to the satisfaction of the

Department continuing violations will be subject to municipal infraction

Sec. 98-35. Area between vehicular use areas and public rights-of-way.

On the site of a building or open lot use providing an off-street parking area or other vehicular use area

adjacent to a public right-of-way, there shall be provided landscaping between such area and right-of-way,

as follows:

(1) Where a vehicular use area abuts a public right-of-way other than an alley, a strip of land at

least five feet wide located between the abutting right-of-way and the vehicular use area shall be

landscaped. The 2½ feet of said five-foot area which abuts the right-of-way must be clear of any

obstructions, including vehicle overhang. The 2½ feet which abuts the vehicular use area may be

part of the required vehicular use area, but may not be paved or improved in any manner other

than with landscaping. Wheel stops or curbing must be provided to protect the landscaped area

from vehicular damage; however, vehicles may overhang the inside 2½-foot area.

Tree/Shrub Replacement Compliance Form

TREE REPLACEMENT COMPLIANCE FORM | Rev. 12.31.2018/jel

(2) This landscaped area shall be planted with materials which will provide a variety of textures,

heights and shapes to create a pleasing appearance, at a spacing and frequency recommended by

the American Association of Nurserymen's American Standard for Nursery Stock, but shall

include a ratio of at least one tree for each 35 linear feet or fraction thereof. If such

landscaping is of nonliving material (e.g., a fence or wall), for each five feet thereof, one shrub

or vine shall be planted abutting such barrier, but need not be spaced five feet apart. Such shrubs

or vines shall be planted along the street side of the fence or wall unless they are of sufficient

height at the time of planting to be readily visible over the top of a fence or wall. The remainder of

this required landscaped area shall be landscaped with grass, ground cover or other landscape

treatment, excluding paving.

(3) Where a vehicular use area abuts a public alley, a landscaped area at least 2½ feet wide shall

be provided and landscaped in the manner described in section 98-35(2). This landscaped area

may be part of the vehicular use area, but may not be paved or improved in any manner other than

with landscaping. Wheel stops or curbing must be provided to protect the landscaped area from

vehicular damage; however, vehicles may overhang the area.

(4) Necessary accessways from the public right-of-way through all such landscaping shall be

permitted to service the parking or other vehicular use areas and such accessways may not be

subtracted from the linear dimension used to determine the number of trees required.

(5) When a parallel parking space abuts a public street or alley, the 2½-foot-wide perimeter

landscape area must be clear of any obstruction and may not be part of the required vehicular use

area.

(Code 1972, § 59-4)

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