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§ 32-3 PARIS CODE (b) The tree committee shall, with the concur- rence of the planning and zoning commission and city council promulgate written guidelines which shall, among other things, prescribe the measures required to protect trees against damage in con- nection with construction and property develop- ment, and shall further identify actions that will be interpreted as "removal" under the definition thereof in this chapter, including the identifica- tion of the root areas requiring protection against soil compaction or against, the effects of impervi- ous paving. (Code 1970, § 29~4-3; Ord. No. 84-067, § 1, 9-10-84) Sec. 32-4. Removal of protected trees. (a) No person or corporation shall remove or cause the removal of any protected tree without first securing approval from the department of parks and recreation, except as provided in para- graphs (b) through (e) of this section. (b) When any protected tree sustains damage in the form of a broken trunk, broken limbs, or uprooting, which creates a hazard to life or prop- erty, no application shall be required for the re- moval of the damaged part or parts of the tree, provided that the removal is effected before the beginning of the fifth business day following the occurrence of the damage and provided further that the department of parks and recreation may extend this period in case of widespread and ex- tensive storm damage. (c) When site plan approval by the planning and zoning commission and/or city council is re- quired by this Code for any development, the ac- tual or schematic locations of such existing trees as would be protected by this chapter shall be shown on all site plans and such site plans depict- ing any such trees shall be submitted to the arborist for evaluation and recommendation before sub- mission to the planning commission and/or city council. Final approval of the site plan shall con- stitute approval for tree removal as to any pro- tected tree indicated on the site plan as being removed by the approved development. ~d) For every city C.I.P., the department pro- posing the C.I.P. shall submit to the arborist, for evaluation and recommendation by the arborist, any C.I.P. plans which are known at the time to involve the removal of such existing trees as would be protected by this chapter prior to the city coun- cil's public hearing on such C.I.P. City council approval of the C.I.P. shall constitute approval for tree removal as to any protected tree identi- fled at that time as being removed by the C.I.P. For any C.I.P. which requires site plan approval by the planning and zoning commission and/or city council prior to the commencement of con- struction, the removal of any protected tree not previously identified and approved for removal as provided by the preceding sentence shall be sub- ject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of this sec- tion. Any other removal of a protected tree by a C.I.P. which is not addressed by the preceding provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to the general requirements of this chapter. (e) When a protected tree must be removed or altered to protect existing utilities or to construct new utilities or to protect existing utilities in a right-of-way or easement. If the city arborist sus- pects an abuse of this paragraph by a department of the City or utility company, he may in writing request an explanation as to why a removal or alteration was necessary and should the city arberist find abuse he may suspend, in writing, the rights herein granted to such department or utility for a period of one (I) year. Such a suspension would be appealable to the city council whose judgment is final. (Code 1970, § 29Vz-4; Ord. No. 84-067, § 1, 9-10-84) Sec. 32-5. Removal of mature trees. (a) No person or corporation shall remove or cause the removal of more than seventy-five (75) percent of mature'trees from a plot, tract, lot or building site being developed for a nonresidential use without first securing approval from the de- partment of parks and recreation. (b) Issuance of building permits for nonresiden- tial development will require submission of an acceptable replanting program when more than seventy-five (75) percent of mature trees have been removed without securing approval. (Code 1970, § 29V2-5; Ord. No. 84-067, § 1, 9-10-84) Sec. 32-6. Application for removal. (a) Application for the removal of a protected tree located on public property or in any public 1898