Doolittle haz tree decision STF20150023.pdf'roc. 189.,
July 30, 2015
Lee Doolittle
CITY OF ED ONDS
1215 th Avenue North, Edmonds WA 98020
Phone: 425.771.0220 • Fax: 425.771.0221 . Web: www.edmondswa eov
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. PLANNING DIVISION
818 Daley Street
tleedoo@u.washington.edu
Subject: Hazard Tree Removal (STF20150023)
Dear Mr. Doolittle,
The City of Edmonds received a request from you regarding a dying fir tree at your parcel at 818 Daley
Street. This letter is in response to that request.
The slope west of your house is 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.
There was some question whether the tree was on your parcel or in the Daley Street right-of-way; staff
from the Engineering Department visited the site and determined the tree was predominantly on your
parcel. They also took the attached picture which clearly indicates the tree is not healthy and may in
fact be dead. Based on this information, it is clear that the tree is 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 rnich elclu n -771-0220.wr
Sincerely,
Mike Clugston,'AICP
Associate Planner
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