Sec. 11.3.3.E. | Los Angeles City Law Search

3.P.2.a. (Supplemental Authority) Protected vegetation shall only be replaced by other protected vegetation varieties. A protected shrub shall only be replaced by other protected shrub varieties, to the extent feasible as determined by the Advisory Agency, Board of Public Works, or a licensed or certified arborist. When replacement concerns more than two types of protected vegetation, the permit at issue shall be considered at a full public hearing at the Board of Public Works. For protected trees, the size of each replacement tree shall be a 15-gallon, or larger, specimen, measuring one inch or more in diameter at a point one-foot above the base, and not less than seven feet in height, measured from the base. the size and number of replacement trees shall approximate the value of the tree to be replaced. b. the subdivider record those covenants and agreements approved by the Advisory Agency necessary to assure compliance with conditions imposed by the Advisory Agency and to assure preservation of the protected vegetation. c. the subdivider provide protected vegetation maintenance information to purchasers of lots within the proposed subdivision. d. the subdivider post a bond or other assurance acceptable to the city engineer to guarantee the survival of protected vegetation required to be replaced or permitted or required to be relocated, in a manner to assure the existence of continuously living protected vegetation at the approved replacement or relocation site for three years from the date that the protected vegetation is replaced or relocated. the city engineer shall use the provisions of Sec. 11.3.3.E. (Guarantees) as its procedural guide in satisfaction of the bond requirements and processing. Any bond required shall be in a sum estimated by the city engineer to be equal to the dollar value of the replacement vegetation or of the vegetation that is to be relocated. in determining value for these purposes, the city engineer shall consult with the Advisory Agen