II — Administrative Guidelines for Development in All Districts

APPENDIX D. CHECKLIST FOR LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS & TREE PROTECTION PLAN Landscape Drawings (generally used for commercial zoned projects) shall have a separate sheet submitted with the landscape plan, to include:

and tributary buffers with the required dimensions.

Tree Protection Plan

Trees worth 1.0 unit each for density and/or recompense (4” caliper size)

Ceridiphyllum Japonicum-------------------------------- Katsura Tree Fagus Grandifolia------------------------------------------ American Beech Magnolia Grandiflora ------------------------------------- Southern Magnolia Nyssa Sylvatica -------------------------------------------- Black Gum Pistacia Chinensis ----------------------------------------- Chinese Pistache Quercus Nuttallii-------------------------------------------- Nuttall Oak Ulmus Americana ----------------------------------------- American Elm (2” caliper sizes of these trees will count as .8 units for density and .5 for recompense)

Trees worth .9 units each for density and/or recompense (4” caliper size)

Cladrastis Lutea --------------------------------------------American Yellowwood Crytomeria Japonica --------------------------------------- Cryptomeria Ginkgo Biloba Ginkgo Juniperus Virginiana --------------------------------------- Eastern Red Cedar Metasequoia Glytostroboides ----------------------------- Dawn Redwood Quercus Acutissima ---------------------------------------- Sawtooth Oak Quercus Lyrata-----------------------------------------------Overcup Oak ( 2” caliper sizes of these trees will count as .7 units for density and .45 for recompense)

Trees worth .8 units each for density and/or recompense (4” caliper size)

Carpinus Caroliniana --------------------------------------- American Hornbeam Koelreuteria Paniculata ------------------------------------ Goldenraintree Liriodendron Tulipifera-------------------------------------Tulip Poplar Quercus Prinus-----------------------------------------------Chesnut Oak Quercus Sumardii ------------------------------------------- Shumard Oak Taxodium Distichum----------------------------------------Baldcypress Ulmus Parvifolia---------------------------------------------Chinese Elm (2” caliper sizes of these trees will count as .6 units for density and .40 for recompense)

Trees acceptable for credit in Density Calculations BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME 1 Acer Barbatum Southern Sugar Maple 23 Juniperus Virginiana Eastern Red Cedar

2   Acer Rubrum               Red Maple                 24  Liquidambar Styraciflua  Sweet Gum

3   Acer Saccharum            Sugar Maple               25  liriodendron Tulipifera  Poplar

4   Betula Nigra              River Birch               26  Magnolia Grandiflora     Southern Magnolia

5   Carpinus Caroliniana      American Hornbeam         27  Metasequoia              Dawn Redwood

6   Carya Species             Hickories                 28  Nyssa Sylvatica          Black Gum

7 Carya Illinoinesis Pecan 29 Ostrya Virginiana American Hophombean

8   Castanea Mollissma        Chinese Chesnut           30  Paulownia Tomentosa      Royal Paulownia

9   Catalpa Speciosa          Hardy Catalpa             31  Pinus Echinata           Shortleaf Pine

10  Cedrus Atlantica          Atlas Cedar               32  Pinus Taeda              Loblolly Pine

11  Cedrus Deodara            Deodar Cedar              33  Pistacia Chinensis       Chinese Pistache

12  Cedrus Libani             Cedar of Lebanon          34  Platanus Occidentalis    Sycamore

13  Celtis Laevigata          Sugar Hackberry           35  Quercus Species          Oaks, except Live Oaks

14  Cercidiphyllum Japonicum  Katsura Tree              36  Salix Babylonica         Weeping Willow

15  Cladrastis Lutea          American Yellowwood       37  Sophora Japonica         Japanese Pagodatree

16 Crytomeria Japonica Cryptomeria 38 Taxodium Distichum Common Baldcypress

17  Fagus Grandifolia         American Beech            39  Tilia Americana          Linden / Basswood

18  Fraxinus Americana        White Ash                 40  Tsuga Canadensis         Canadian Hemlock

19  Fraxinus Pennsylvanica    Green Ash                 41  Ulmus Americana          American Elm

20  Ginkgo Biloba             Ginkgo                    42  Ulmus Parvifolia         Chinese Elm

21  Gymnocladus Dioicus       Kentucky Coffee Tree      43  Zelkova Serrata          Zelkova

22  Juglans Nigra             Black Walnut

NOTE: Other trees may be approved on a case-by-case basis. The general criteria for replacement trees to be used in Tree Density Calculations are large growing (35’– 40’ tall or taller at maturity) and long-lived. All planting plans are subject to the City Arborist or the Department Community Development designated agent(s) approval.

Required DFS (density factor for the site) is calculated as follows based on the applicable district.

EXAMPLE: Using the Commercial District density - DFS = 5 acres x 30 units = 150 units required.

EDF (Existing Density Factor)

Size Units Number Total Units

24”                 9.3                       2                                                         18.6

18”                 4.0                       15                                                        60

10”                 2.4                       8                                                         19.2

Total EDF 97.8 RDF (Replacement Density Factor)

Size Units Number Total Units 3” .60 15 9 6” 1.00 45 45 Total RDF 54 EDF+RDF Total Site Tree Density > or = DFS 97.8 + 54 151.8 > 150 (Density Satisfied)

THE SUM OF EDF AND RDF MUST BE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO DFS

APPENDIX G. MULTI-TRUNKED TREE CALCULATIONS TO DETERMINE SPECIMEN TREE STATUS PROCEDURE:

Tree protection zones, specimen trees or stands of trees designated to be saved must be protected from the following damages which may occur during all phases of land disturbance and construction processes. Methods of tree protection and disturbance prevention are provided in Section II, Part B.

APPENDIX I. Residential Erosion & Sedimentation Control and Tree Protection Agreement THIS PERMIT #_________________________________ AUTHORIZES _____________________________TO BEGIN RESIDENTIAL GRADING/LAND DISTURBANCE ON LOT IN SUBDIVISION OR AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS ______________________________________________ THE AUTHORIZED PERSON ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE/SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ADEQUATE STEPS TO:

EROSION CONTROL TREE PROTECTION

construction and maintenance of a driveway pad and 2. Tree fence with tree save signage is required on a lot removal of mud from the street when necessary. when clearing and grading for home construction

Control Ordinance. 3. Otherwise comply with all applicable Tree These provisions and others are outlined in the City of Preservation requirements, including those of the Tree Preservation Ordinance and Administrative Johns Creek Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Guidelines.

Ordinance. (Please initial the appropriate statement below.)

I, , THE UNDERSIGNED AUTHORIZED PERSON, has obtained a copy of this Ordinance and Administrative Guidelines and understand the provision of the Law.

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL RESULT IN THE ISSUNACE OF A STOP WORK ORDER OR CITATION(S).

EFFEFCTIVE THIS DAY OF , 20 .

APPLICANT NAME CITY OFFICIAL THIS PERMIT SHALL BE DISPLAYED IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

APPENDIX J. ACCEPTABLE EVERGREEN PLANT MATERIAL FOR UNDISTURBED BUFFERS Cherry Laurel Ligustrum Hedge Bamboo Eastern Red Cedar Cleyera Canadian Hemlock Cryptomeria Deodar Cedar American Holly Chinese Holly English Holly Longstalk Holly Lusterleaf Holly Perny Holly Nellie R. Stevens Holly, (cross between Chinese & English Hollies)

Tree-form Yaupon Holly Hetzi Juniper Pfitzer Juniper Southern Magnolia Wax Myrtle Virginia Pine Japanese Viburnum Japanese Camellia NOTE: All buffer material must be a minimum of 5 feet tall at install and have branching all the way to the ground.

Acer rubrum Red Maple Acer saccharum "Legacy" "Legacy" Sugar Maple Betula nigra River Birch Celtis laevigata Sugar Hackberry Cercidiphyllum japonicum Katsuratree Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash Gingko biloba Gingko Ostrya viginiana Hophombean Pinus taeda Loblolly Pine Pistacia chinensis Chinese Pistache Platanus occidentalis Sycamore Quercus acutissima Sawtooth Oak Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak Quercus laurifolia Laurel Oak Quercus lyrata Overcup Oak Quercus palustris Pin Oak Quercus phellos Willow Oak Quercus prinus Chesnut Oak Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak Quercus stellata Post Oak Quercus velutina Black Oak Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress Ulmus parvifolia Chinese Elm Zelkova serrata Japanese Zelkova NOTE: This is a recommended list only. Other species may be acceptable as long as they produce dense, full canopies at maturity and can develop sufficient root systems in confined spaces. Under no circumstances will upright, columnar, or fastigiate trees be acceptable as parking lot shade trees.

Site Plan Minimum Guidelines

Other Minimum Guidelines Timber Harvesting under this provision shall comply with the following guidelines:

NOTE: Concerning the best management practice of SMZ’S or stream side management zones, no timber harvesting can occur within the 25-foot State Waters Buffer, the 50-foot blueline Tributary Buffer, or the 75-foot State Waters Buffer. All buffers are measured from the top of the bank on both sides of a stream or creek that has been delineated by City of Johns Creek as State Waters.

NOTE: Large Pine Trees 24” d.b.h. or greater shall be excluded from specimen tree protection requirements in timber harvesting operations on AG-1 zoned land. Specimen hardwood trees, however, will not be excluded and are to be protected with tree fence out to a distance of 3 feet beyond the edge of their root protection zone.

NOTE: Refer to Appendix I. to complete the Residential Erosion & Sedimentation Control & Tree Protection Agreement Form.

NOTE: Unless enough existing trees are saved on site to satisfy density requirements, proposed replacement trees will have to be bonded off prior to issuance of the Land Disturbance Permit.

If it has been determined by the City Arborist or designated agent(s) during the initial site visit that the property in question is completely barren of trees and has been for a long time (i.e. pastureland), then the units for replacement trees will be doubled. (Example: a 4-inch replacement tree is currently equivalent to 0.7 units at a site determined to be barren of trees, the replacement units will be equivalent to 1.4 instead of 0.7 units.) The site will still be required to meet the appropriate tree density factor based on the applicable district –Agricultural, Single-Family Residential, or Commercial and all other Non-Single-Family district unit measurement.

NOTE: The terms unit and tree are NOT interchangeable). Procedures for determining the site density requirements and the subsequent tree replacement requirements are provided in Table 1.0 and Table 2.0 in the next section. No more than 30% of the replacement trees can be pines. At least 70% of replacement trees must be hardwoods of at least 4 different species.

Specimen native flowering trees must be compensated for with either 2” or 4” caliper hardwood trees. Four

If a specimen tree or trees are removed without permission or the City Arborist determines that the damage to the root protection zone of a specimen tree results in a specimen tree having less than a 50% chance of surviving for two (2) years, the unit value of the specimen tree is doubled and that becomes the unit value that must be compensated for. For example: A 30” DBH tree is normally worth 14.7 units. If it is removed or its root protection zone disturbed without permission its unit value will double to 29.4 units. Thus 29.4 units of 2” or 4” caliper trees will have to be replaced at the project site. Recompense trees cannot be used to satisfy any other landscape requirement such as parking lot shade trees, landscape strip, undisturbed buffer or detention pond buffer trees. They can, however, count toward the required tree density for the site. 2” caliper recompense trees that are counted for density will be worth .35 units per tree.

If the root protection zone of a specimen tree is disturbed without permission, and the City Arborist has determined that the tree has a greater than 50% chance of surviving for two years, and the violator has submitted an acceptable prescription for continued maintenance of the endangered tree, then 50% of the unit value of the specimen tree is the unit value that must be compensated for. The recompense generated shall be divided equally with 50% of the recompense amount deposited into the Tree Replacement Fund and 50% of the recompense amount deposited into an escrow account. The half deposited into the Tree Replacement Fund is forfeited as restitution for the encroachment of the root protection zone; the half deposited into the escrow account shall be returned to the violator after a period of two (2) years with the submittal and acceptance by the City Arborist of an affidavit by the certified arborist certifying that the tree has not declined beyond the natural aging process or that no other decline has occurred which could have been prevented by the property owner. The violator will have one (1) year following the end of the aforementioned two (2) year period to make application to the City for fund deposited into the escrow account. In the event no application is made within the one (1) year period, the amount placed in escrow will be forfeited to the Tree Replacement Fund.

WHEN THE OWNER/DEVELOPER/CONTRACTOR CALLS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (678)

512-3200 FOR A FINAL INSPECTION, THE OWNER/DEVELOPER/CONTRACTOR SHALL INFORM THE ARBORIST THAT THE SITE VISIT INCLUDES A SITE VISIT TO A PUBLIC PROPERTY TO INSPECT TREES THAT HAVE BEEN TREE BANKED.

ANY CHANGES IN TREE VARIETY MUST BE APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE CITY OF JOHNS CREEK LAND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AT (678) 512-3200.

PLANTING MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE OWNER/DEVELOPER AND THE PLANTING MUST BE INSPECTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY OF JOHNS CREEK ARBORIST PRIOR TO THE ARBORIST’S SIGN-OFF ON THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR FINAL PLAT RECORDING FOR THE PROJECT.

EXAMPLE: DFS = 2.2-acre site x 15 units per acre (Agricultural district) = 33.

TABLE 2.0 – REPLACEMENT TREES Conversion from caliper to density factor units for replacement trees.

CALIPER UNITS CALIPER UNITS

1                                    0.4                        8                1.3

2                                    0.5                        9                1.5

3                                    0.6                        10               1.7

4                                    0.7                        11               1.9

5                                    0.9                        12               2.1

6                                    1.0                        13               2.3

7                                    1.2                        14               2.5

Container grown pine trees are given replacement credit as follows:

7 Gallon 0.4 *The use of 3-gallon pines is permitted only with prior approval.

3 Gallon* 0.2 Tree relocation: Replacement units may be granted to trees relocated on site. Tree relocation is subject to the City Arborist’s or designated agent(s) approval.

5/16                  -                                 -                       2 To 3

7/16                  -                                 -                       3 To 4

9/16                  -                                 -                       4 To 5

11/16                 -                                 -                       5 To 6

7/8                   -                                 -                       6 To 8

½ To ¾                5 To 6                        8          3.5              -

¾ To 1                6 To 8                        10         4                -

1 To ¼                8 To 10                       11         5.5              -

1 ¼ To 1 ½            8 To 10                       12         6.5              -

1 ½ To 1 ¾            10 To 12                      14         6.5              -

1 ¾ To 2              10 To 12                      14         6.5              -

2 To 2 ½              12 To 14                      16         8                -

2 ½ To 3              12 To 14                      16         8                -

3 To 3 ½              14 To 16                      18         9.5              -

3 ½ To 4              14 To 16                      18         9.5              -

4 To 5                16 To 18                      22         10.5             -

5 To 6             18 AND UP                        26         12               -

TABLE 4.0 - HEIGHT TO SPREAD RATIO FOR CONIFEROUS NURSEY TREES HEIGHT IN INCHES SPREAD RANGE IN INCHES 12 To 15 8 To 12 15 To 18 9 To 15 18 To 24 12 To 18 24 To 30 15 To 21 30 To 36 18 To 24 36 To 48 21 To 30 48 To 60 30 To 36 60 To 72 36 To 48 *Height to Spread ratio should be no less than 2:1 TABLE 5.0 – CONTAINER SIZE TO RATIO HEIGHT DECIDUOUS TREES CONIFEROUS TREES HEIGHT SIZES CONTAINER IN FEET IN INCHES SIZE 1 GALLON 1 To 1 ½ 6 To 9 5 ½" x 6" 1 ½ To 2 9 To 12 2 To 3 12 To 15 3 To 4 15 To 18 18 To 24 2 GALLON 2 To 3 12 To 15 7"x7 ½" 3 To 4 15 To 18 4 To 5 18 To 24 24 To 30 5 GALLON 4 To 5 18 To 24 9" x 10" 5 To 6 24 To 30 6 To 8 30 To 36

            DIAMETER         STANDARD AND SLOW           BALL DIAMETERS

            SPREAD FOR    GROWINGBALL AND BURLAP         FOR SMALL

CALIPER     ALL TREES                   TREES            UPRIGHTTREES

INCHES      INCHES           INCHES            FEET

½ To ¾      12                      12         2 To3                10

¾ To 1      16                      14         3 To 4               12

1 To 1 ¼    18                      16         4 To 5               14

1 ½ To 1 ¾  20                      18         5 To 6               16

1 ¼ To 1 ½  22                      20         6 To 7               18

1 ¾ To 2    24                      22         7 To 8               20

2 To 2 ½    28                      24         8 To 9               22

2 ½ To 3    32                      28         9 To 10              24

3 To 3 ½    38                      32         10 To 12             26

3 ½ To 4    -                       38         -                    -

4 To 4 ½    -                       42         -                    -

4 ½ To 5    -                       48         -                    -

5 To 5 ½    -                       54         -                    -

TABLE 7.0 – RECOMMENDED BALL DIMENSIONS FOR LARGE TREES

   TREE DIAMETER          BALL          BALL            APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF   BALL

                          DIAMETER      DEPTH           AND TREE

   INCHES                 FEET          INCHES          TONS

           5                      4     30              1.5

           6                      5     32              2.4

           7                      6     34              3.7

           8                      7     36              5.4

           9                     7'/2   36              6.2

           10                     8     38              7.4

           11                     9     40              9.9

           12                     10    40              12.2

TABLE 8.0  –   RECOMMENDED MINIMUM      BALL            DIAMETERS FOR BALL AND  BURLAP

1 ½ To 2 10 2 To 3 12 3 To 4 14 4 To 5 16 5 To 6 20 6 To 7 22 7 To 8 24 8 To 9 27 9 To 10 30 10 To 12 34 12 To 14 38 14 To 16 42 18 To 20 50

Traditionally, backfill material is comprised of a mix of native soil, organic matter such as peat, and inorganic material such as pearlite or vermiculite in a 1:1:1 ratio. A back fill with native soil alone is adequate if the soil is of good quality.

Exceptions will be considered only if this standard will create an undue hardship to the property owner. Under no circumstances may the width of a drainage easement through a landscape strip exceed the width of the strip.

ON CENTER             Equals                                           SHRUB

*3 feet               =                                                9 square feet

*4 feet               =                                                16 square feet

*5 feet               =                                                25 square feet

*At maturity, shrubs must attain this width. Shrub species and spacing is subject to Arborist’s approval.

512-3200 prior to permitting irrigation or planting within City rights-of-way.

Buffer Width Minimum Planting rows <20’ 2 20’ to 30’ 3 31’ to 50’ 4 > 50’ 4 plus 1 row for each additional 15 feet

SECTION II. TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ALL DISTRICTS This set of guidelines shall apply to all land disturbance permits for development within any district and building permits for construction of new single-family residential dwellings.