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(4) a. Trees shall be selected from those listed ' " ' ,"on the City of Portsmouth's approved lists which shall be maintained by the Environmental Manager or the city manager's designee and which may be amended as necessary by the city manager or his designee. Substitutions using trees not on the list may be made with the approval of the director or the director's designee. No tree from the list of nonacceptable trees may be used. b. Small trees with single stems must have. a caliper of 1 % inches at the time of planting. Multistem trees must be a minimum of five feet in height at time of planting. Medium trees must have a minimum caliper of 1% inches and large trees must have a minimum caliper of two inches at time of planting. All trees must be planted in accordance with the planting specifications of subsection (9) of this section. 2. That section 36-56 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) is hereby amended and reordained as follows. Sec. 36-56. -Appeals. (a) The board of zoning appeals may also hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is an error in any requirement, decision or determination made by any city official in the enforcement or interpretation of this article. The appeal shall be limited to the correctness of the city official's application of the article and shall not be used to grant an exception or variance thereto. (b) Applications for appeals shall be made in writing to the planning director and shall be accompanied by a fee as set forth in appendix A to this Code to cover this cost of reviewing and processing the application. 3. That Table 36.1 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) is hereby amended and reordained as follows. TABLE 36.1 CANOPY COVER REQUIREMENTS Zoning District ~ Not i 10% ~ 1 S% ~ 20% Applicable Canopy ~ Canopy ~ Canopy Ilv, Industrial ~ ~ X IL, Li t Industrial ~ ~ X i : _. _. g~ ~ , 3 1 .::~_~~ .__. ,._....v .. ~ ~.,_. m~,.~~_ s ' i 2