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September 11, 2015
CITY OF EDMONDS
1215 th Avenue North, Edmonds WA 98020
Phone: 425.771.0220 • Fax: 425.771.0221 • Web: www.edmondswa,8,ov
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT * PLANNING DIVISION
Shamra Clark
2061286 th PI W.
shamraclark@gmail.com
Subject: Hazard Tree Removal (STF20150027)
Dear Ms. Clark,
The City of Edmonds received a request from you regarding a pine tree at your parcel at 20612 86th PI
W. This letter is in response to that request.
The slopes surrounding your house are considered to be a critical area pursuant to Edmonds Community
Development Code (ECDC) Chapters 23.40 and 23.80 where slopes from 15% to 40% are considered
potential erosion hazards and slopes in excess of 40% are potential landslide hazards. Generally, the
removal of trees or vegetation within a critical area or critical area buffer is not an allowed activity
unless it involves the removal of invasive species or hazard trees, pursuant to ECDC 23.40.220.C.7.
Based on the tree risk assessment form you submitted it is clear that the tree is a hazard and thus a
candidate for removal. As a result, its removal is considered to be an allowed activity relative to the
critical areas code referenced above and no further critical area reports are required. The tree can be
left as a snag, cut to a stump, or flush cut and ground out. It may not be pulled from the slope, however,
and the downed wood must be removed from the slope in order to improve slope stability.
According to ECDC 23.40.220.C.7.b(iv), hazard trees that are removed from critical areas as an allowed
activity must be replaced at a ratio of two -to -one. Replacement trees must be native and indigenous
and a minimum of six feet in height for evergreen species, one inch in diameter at breast height for
deciduous species, and eight feet minimum height for multi -stemmed trees.
If you have any questions, please contact me at ea.conrad WedmondswaAov or 425-771-0220.
Sincerely,
Sean Conrad, AICP
Associate Planner