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(2) The application shall be accompanied by an application fee in an <br /> amount established by the city manager pursuant to section 2.020 of this code. <br /> (3) The application also shall be accompanied by a logging plan if the <br /> applicant proposes to fell more than ten trees. <br /> (4) If the applicant proposes to fell ten or less trees, then the city <br /> manager or designee shall act on the permit within ten business days of receiving a <br /> completed application. The city manager or designee may extend the response time to <br /> up to 30 days if he /she determines that public notice of the application should be given <br /> and public comment taken pursuant to subsection (6) of this section, because substantial <br /> impacts on neighboring properties or on other natural values are anticipated. <br /> (5) If the applicant proposes to fell more than ten trees, then the <br /> city manager or designee shall act on the permit within 30 days of receiving a <br /> completed application, but only after giving public notice of the application and an <br /> opportunity to provide comments as provided in subsection (6) of this section. <br /> (6) Where public notice and a comment period is required before acting <br /> on an application, the city manager or designee shall identify abutting properties and <br /> others which are partly or wholly within 200 feet of the site on which the trees are <br /> to be felled. Written notice of the application shall be mailed by the city manager <br /> or designee to the owners and occupants of the identified properties, as well as to <br /> persons who have requested such notice. The notice shall provide that persons may <br /> submit written comments on the application as directed in the notice, for a period of <br /> 15 days from the date of the notice. <br /> (Section 6.310 added by Ordinance No. 17072, enacted May 20, 1974; amended by Ordinance <br /> No. 18123, enacted March 13, 1978; Ordinance No. 18779, enacted April 22, 1981; and <br /> Ordinance No. 19927, enacted July 12, 1993.) <br /> 6.320 Criteria for Permit Issuance. <br /> (1) The city manager or designee shall approve, approve with conditions, <br /> or deny a permit application based on consideration of the following criteria: <br /> (a) The condition of the trees with respect to disease, hazardous <br /> or unsafe conditions, danger of falling, proximity to existing structures <br /> or proposed construction, or interference with utility services or <br /> pedestrian or vehicular traffic safety; <br /> (b) The topography of the land and the effect of felling on <br /> erosion, soil retention, stability of earth, flow and character of surface <br /> waters and streams, protection of nearby trees and windbreaks; <br /> (c) The effect the trees' removal has on the environmental <br /> quality of the area, including scenic and wildlife habitat values; <br /> (d) The necessity to remove trees in order to construct proposed <br /> improvements, or to otherwise utilize the applicant's property in a manner <br /> consistent with its zoning, this code, the Metro Plan, and other <br /> applicable adopted plans; <br /> (e) Fire safety considerations where, in the opinion of the fire <br /> marshal, removal is necessary to protect existing or proposed structures; <br /> (f) The adequacy of the applicant's proposals, if any, to plant <br /> new trees or native vegetation to mitigate the environmental effects of <br /> removal of the trees to be felled; and <br /> (g) That the felling would be compatible with generally accepted <br /> principles of horticulture, silvaculture, ecology, or landscape <br /> architecture; <br /> (h) The compatibility of the felling with guidelines adopted by <br /> the Oregon Department of Forestry. <br /> TC -6 -20 09/04/96 <br />