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8.B. - Page 38 <br /> 4.4 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES <br /> The following discussion is based,in part, on a tree survey prepared by Ralph Osterling Consultants <br /> in June 2011. A copy of the Arborist Report can be found in Appendix A. <br /> 4.4.1 Setting <br /> 4.4.1.1 Existing Vegetation and Wildlife <br /> The project site is located in a developed urban habitat. Urban habitats include street trees, <br /> landscaping,lawns, and vacant lots and provide food and shelter for wildlife able to adapt to the <br /> modified environment. Vegetation in the vicinity of the project site consists of landscape trees, <br /> shrubs, a lawn,weeds, and fruit trees and vegetables associated with the private gardening area in the <br /> southern portion of the project site. Redwood Creek runs along the southern and a portion of the <br /> western area of the project site. The creek is concrete lined in the vicinity of the project site and does <br /> not support a riparian zone. <br /> No rare,threatened, endangered, or special-status species of flora or fauna are known to inhabit the <br /> project site, and there are no habitats on the project site that would support special-status species. <br /> 4.4.1.2 Redwood City Tree Ordinance <br /> The City of Redwood City tree preservation ordinance (Redwood City Municipal Code, Chapter 35) <br /> defines a tree as "any woody plant characterized by having a single trunk of a circumference of 38 <br /> inches (equivalent to 12 inches in diameter) or more, measured at any point between six and 36 <br /> inches above ground level. A tree removal permit is required from the City for the removal of any <br /> tree. In addition,the Parks and Recreation Commission (Commission) may declare any tree, <br /> regardless of size,to be a heritage tree if the tree is healthy,has adapted well to the climatic <br /> conditions of the area,is visually accessible from a public ROW, and if the Commission finds that at <br /> least one of the following conditions e�st: 1) said tree has historical significance, 2) said tree is <br /> indigenous to the area, or 3) said tree is one of a group of trees and that each is dependent on the <br /> other tree for survival. <br /> The project would preserve 26 of the 31 existing trees on-site. Table 2,below, lists trees on-site with <br /> diameters greater than 12 inches. Of the ten trees listed,the only tree proposed for removal is tree <br /> number 10. <br /> 1410 Valota Road Residential Project 26 Initial Study <br /> Redwood City January 2012 <br />