§ 6.05.321. Native tree replacement fund.

The public works department is hereby authorized and directed to administer a native tree replacement fund which consists of monies collected as payment in lieu of planting trees on developed properties. The growth management department is hereby authorized and directed to collect the monies for payment of the native tree replacement fund into which a developer shall pay to the growth management department a sum determined by multiplying the number of required trees he or she wishes to be excused from planting on a development site times the native tree replacement fee, said fee to be established by resolution of the board of county commissioners. Under no circumstances can payment into the native tree replacement fund be utilized in lieu of installing trees in required compatibility buffers.

The growth management department shall keep daily records of the monies received pursuant to this section.

As funds become available, the public works department budget shall include a program for utilizing the native tree replacement fund to install native trees in public parks, medians, rights-of-way, and other public areas as may be deemed appropriate by the public works director.

(Ord. No. 11-01, § 2, 1-18-11)