Retention and protection of large trees.
Batesville Code of Ordinances, App. A, art. IX, div. 2, § 933
in effectSec. 933. - Retention and protection of large trees.
(a) Every development shall retain all existing trees eighteen (18) inches in diameter or more unless the retention of such trees would unreasonably burden the development.
(b) No excavation or other subsurface disturbance may be undertaken within the drip line of any tree eighteen (18) inches in diameter or more, and no impervious surface (including, but not limited to, paving or buildings) may be located within twelve and one-half (12½) feet (measured from the center of the trunk) of any tree eighteen (18) inches in diameter or more unless compliance with this subsection would unreasonably burden the development. For purposes of this subsection, a drip line is defined as a perimeter formed by the points farthest away from the trunk of a tree where precipitation falling from the branches of that tree lands on the ground.
(c) The retention or protection of trees eighteen (18) inches in diameter or more as provided unreasonably burdens a development to accomplish such retention or protection, the desired location of improvements on a lot or the proposed activities on a lot would have to be substantially altered and such alteration would work an unreasonable hardship upon the developer.
(d) If space that would otherwise be devoted to parking cannot be so used because of the requirements of this subsection, and, as a result, the parking requirements set forth cannot be satisfied, the number of required spaces may be reduced by the number of spaces "lost" because of the provisions of this section, up to a maximum of fifteen (15) percent of the required spaces.
(Ord. No. 2010-09-743, 9-7-10)
Source: City of Batesville, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/batesville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=APXAZO_ARTIXSCTR_DIV2SH_S933REPRLATRFetched: 10/31/2026