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Rules On Felling Of Trees Outside Forest

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Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 309, Riga 2 may 2012 (pr. No 24 26. §) rules on felling of trees outside forest Issued in accordance with article 8 of the law of the forest, the first part i. General questions: 1. determine the order of 1.1 felling of trees outside forests; 1.2. the procedure authorized tree felling outside the forest; 1.3. the methodology for the calculation of the loss of tree felling and village area of the city; 1.4. in cases where damages are not established. 2. These rules according to the competence of the local government control, environmental protection administration, national cultural monument protection Inspectorate and the national environmental service. II. the cutting of trees outside forest 3. land owner or legal possessor of trees outside forests in its ownership or possession of the territory in the strike, in its sole discretion, except that rule 4 and 9 cases referred to. 4. The land owner or legal possessor requires local authorities to permit felling of trees outside forest, where the trees strike: 4.1 villages and cities in the area; 4.2. specially protected natural territory, except for the protected landscape area, if they are not divided into functional zones, as well as the biosphere reserve of Ziemeļvidzem and specially protected natural areas of the neutral zone; 4.3. areas in which cultural monuments, and its protection zone; 4.4. the park; 4.5. the cemetery; 4.6. alley (even if it is in the way of land partition bar); 4.7. the spirit State and local roads; 4.8. a protective phalanx of surface ūdensobjekt, except for artificial ūdensobjekt Strip, if trees strike no more than 50 meters long surface ūdensobjekt bar or around the width of the floodplain along the ūdensobjekt to the applūstoš flood plains of periodically expressed; 4.9. The Baltic Sea and Gulf of Riga coastal dune Strip; 4.10. the territory of the local government development planning documents within the scenic value area; 4.11. when 1.3 metres from the root of the neck circumference according to achieved this provision in annex 1. 5. The rules referred to in paragraph 4, the areas, with the exception of this rule 4.11. cases referred to, without the permission of the local Government of felling trees outside forest allowed to cut: 5.1 fruit trees; 5.2. the tree stump, the average is less than 20 inches; 5.3. trees outside the cities in areas where, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the protection zones, reclamation, road and rail in the trees is prohibited, as well as the protection zone referred to in article 61 of the law of trees; 5.4. trees in an emergency, issued according to the legislation on national security; 5.5. trees which endanger the operation of the infrastructure, human health, life or property when perform before the work has been fotofiksācij the situation and informed the local authority; 5.6. the railway infrastructure manager, railway partition zone land (also aizsargstādījumo) growing trees to guarantee railway infrastructure safe operation and traffic safety. 6. This rule 5.5. in the case referred to in subparagraph nocērtam the tree does at least from three points of view so as to be clearly visible security affecting portions of the tree (the raised roots, split, cracked or broken trunk). At least five working days after the tree felling a tree stump is not allowed and, preferably, also part of the trunk removal to local authorities to check the validity of the danger tree. 7. If the felling of trees is necessary for the implementation of the projects of construction and contains izcērtam or izcērtam trees-trees, building permits issued by the competent institution to be considered as well as the documentation referred to in the construction of tree felling permit. 8. If the tree felling need mineral mining and mineral extraction is mentioned in the documentation tree felling, the use of the subsoils license or common mineral mining permit is treated as a mineral extraction referred to in the documentation tree felling permit. 9. Protected tree felling, felling of trees to protect the plantations and the conservation dendroloģisko alley, as well as the territories of specially protected plant species of tree felling requires management of nature protection permit, issued in accordance with the legislation on specially protected natural areas and species and habitat protection. 10. If these rules 7, 8, and 9. in the case referred to in paragraph tree felling for the town or village in the territory, felling of trees can start after that provision referred to in paragraph 23 of the damages. 11. For the tree felling in the forests of the pārplūstošo grassland and forest glades, as well as piegulošo and show the infrastructures of the forest and bog land owner each year, before the start of the tree felling, shall notify the national forest service. The notification shall specify the ground cadastre unit designation and planned felling. 12. in order to receive permission to cut trees outside the forest, the land owner or legal possessor shall provide local Council application for tree felling, except that rule 7, 8 and 9 above. 13. the local Government shall assess the conformity of the tree felling legislation on the protection of species and habitats, and specially protected natural areas, the territory of the local government development planning documents, as well as tree dendroloģisk scenic, ecological significance, and importance of natural tree diversity and anthropogenic adverse effects on reduction of surface ūdensobjekt and conformity of the building into the trees and people live and safety conditions, and shall take a decision on the authorisation of the felling of the trees outside the forest or on the refusal to issue a permit : 13.1.  20 working days, if the decision does not require the opinion of the expert or institution; 13.2. within 10 working days – in other cases. 14. Local authority decision on the authorisation of the felling of the trees outside the forest or on the refusal to issue a permit, notify the land owner or the legal holder of the Notification law. 15. The local authority permissions tree felling outside the forest to be issued after this provision referred to in paragraph 23 of the payment of damages. 16. in carrying out these regulations. the evaluation referred to in paragraph 13, the local authority, if necessary, call upon the species and habitat protection expert, kokkop (arborists), or other appropriate expert or set up appropriate Commission. 17. before the provisions referred to in paragraph 13 of the decision, the local Government will hold public consultation, if the cutting of trees for public facilities, as well as the rules referred to in paragraph 22 of the public in important cases. After the public consultation results in the local Government decides the tree felling and village area of the city. 18. This rule 4.3. in the case referred to in subparagraph local authority permissions tree felling outside the forest to be issued after the national cultural monument protection Inspectorate's opinion. National cultural monument protection Inspectorate shall give an opinion within 10 working days of the receipt of the request from local authorities. 19. This rule 4.2 and 4.11. in the case referred to in subparagraph local authority permissions tree felling outside the forest shall be issued by the environmental protection administration following receipt of the opinion. Environmental protection administration opinion provided within 10 working days of the receipt of the request from local authorities. 20. The city and territory of the village tree felling is forbidden during the period from 15 April to 30 June, with the exception of those provisions referred to in paragraph 5 or if local tree felling has been approved by the emergency. 21. This provision 3. in the case referred to in paragraph outside the forest felled timber origin land owner or legal possessor is able to certify by filling out the form according to annex 2 of these rules. 22. Local Government Council issued binding rules on felling of trees outside the forest, setting the tree felling in the evaluation and the public consultation procedures, as well as the public interest, when the public consultation tool. III. Compensation for tree felling on the territory of the city and the village of 23. land owner or legal possessor must make good the loss reduction of natural diversity in relation to tree felling on the territory of city and village (damages). 24. the damages (the amount in dollars, excluding value added tax) is calculated, taking into account the provisions of annex 3 of the above factors. 25. Compensation is not defined: 25.1. If tree felling in full funded public or local authority; 25.2. the withered trees cut; 25.3. picks a tree that local authority recognized as dangerous, as well as these rules 5.5. in the case referred to in subparagraph, if the tree hazard is justified; 25.4. these rules 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4. in the case referred to in subparagraph; 25.5. If trees strike a particularly protected species habitat or specially protected habitat for maintenance or renewal in accordance with the species and habitat protection, certified expert opinion; 6. If the trees strike, natural monuments maintenance or restoration. IV. final question

26. Local Government Council until 2012 December 31 issue 22 of these rules referred to in paragraph applicable provisions. To the above authorities rule binding upon entry into force, but no longer than up to 2012 December 31 is applicable to existing municipal regulations about the felling of trees outside forest land, to the extent they do not conflict with these rules. Prime Minister v. Agriculture Minister Dombrovskis l. Annex 1 of the rapidity of the Cabinet may 2, 2012 rules no 309 of felling Trees outside the forest requires local authorities to permit felling of trees outside forest requires local authorities permission if the trees circumference 1.3 metres from the root of the neck (in metres) with the following indicators: no PO box The name of the Latvian language in the Latin name of tree circumference 1.3 metres from the root of the neck (in metres) i. native species 1. Platanoid of the normal Maple Acer 2.1 2. Melnalksn by 1.5 3 Alnus glutinosa. The Moose of the incan 1.0 Baltalksn 4. Hybrid Alder Alnus x 0.9 pubescens 5. Outdoor Birch (the Birch warty) the pendulum Betul (Betul-verrucos) 1.8 6. Swamp Birch (birch fuzzy) of Betul pubescens (Betul Alba) 1.8 7. European Euonymus Europaea-0.6 8 segliņš. Normal OSIs Fraxinus excelsior 2.1 9. Common Juniper Juniperus communis 0.5 10. Wild Apple tree Malus sylvestris 0.9 11. The usual Eve-Avium 1.1 12 Pads. Picea abies Picea abies 1.8 a 13. Plain pine Pinus sylvestris 1.5 14. The usual Aspen Populus tremul 2.1 of 15. Wild Pear Pyrus pyraster 0.9 16. Common oak Quercus robur 2.4 17. Blīgzn (pūpolvītol)-1.2 18. Salix capre The delicate Willow Salix fragile States 2.4 19. Salix pentandra of 1.0 Šķetr 20. The usual aucupari of 0.9 Rowan Sorbus 21. Normal lime Tilia cordata 2.1 of 22. Elm Ulmus normally the 2.4 glabr 23. Normally Truscott Ulmus laevis 2.4 II. species Encompasses 24. European spruce Abies alba 1.6 25. Balsam spruce Both to the 26 balsame 0.9 Monochrome Abies concolor 1.0 spruce 27. Siberian spruce sibiric Abies-1.1 28. Field Maple Acer campestris is 0.9 29. Mountain Maple Acer pseudoplatan 1.3-30. Silver Maple Acer saccharin of 1.9 31. Zirgkastaņ of Aescul of hippocastan in the plain of 1.8 32. Sweet cherry cerasus Avium 1.0 33. European Beech Fagus sylvatica 2.3 34. Pennsylvania pennsylvanic-OSIs Fraxinus 1.2 35. The gray of Juglan cinerea 1.7 Walnut 36. Mandžūrij of the mandshuric of Walnut Juglan 1.0 37. European Larch Larix decidu-1.9 38. Lēdebūr the larch Larix ledebouri to 1.8 39. The European ciedrupried has produced 40 Pinus 1.0. Black pine Pinus nigra 1.2 41. Siberian ciedrupried of Pinus sibiric 1.2-42. Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 1.6 43. Poplar Populus spp. 3.0 44. Mount Menzies in the Pseudotsuga-Douglas menziesi 1.5 45. Red oak Quercus Rubra 1.2 46. Robīnij of the white pseudoacaci the 1.2 47 Robini. White willow Salix alba 2.7 48. The Willow Salix blushing Rubens 2.0 x 49. West of Thuja occidentalis 0.9 tūj 50. The Crimean Linden Tilia x 1.2-euchlor 51. Holland bean Tilia Europaea 1.7 x 52. Broad-leaved lime Tilia platyphyllo of the Minister of Agriculture of 1.9 L. Annex 2 to the Rapidity of the Cabinet may 2, 2012 rules no 309 outside the forest felled timber origin land owner (owners) or legal possessor (the legal possessor) name, surname/name of the legal person ID number/registration number of the relevant register the declared place of residence/registered office farm name administrative territory declare that 20 ___ in your property or legal possession of existing land that land use is not a forest, I slapped the trees on the following scale: land cadastral designation of the unit land use Felled timber sales volume of wood presented here confirm that the news is true date signature name of Agriculture Minister l. Rapidity of annex 3 of the Cabinet of Ministers of 2 may 2012 regulations No 309 coefficients for the calculation of the compensation for the tree felling on the territory of the city and the village name coefficient Coefficient coefficient of tree diameter, the description of the factor in the Natural uzmērīt of the tree of average 1.3 m height from the root of the neck (cm). If this is not possible, the measured strain, their average adjusted accordingly in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers of 29 April 2003, the Regulation No 228 "Woods procedures for the determination of the injury caused to" determine the correction table for determining the diameter of the tree 1.3 m above the root of the neck under the strain of the tree diameter average tree species factor Melnalksn (Alnus glutinosa) Picea abies (Picea abies) normal Elm (Ulmus glabr) normal (Berry), yew (Taxus baccata) regular Maple (Acer platanoid) ordinary lime (Tilia cordata) normal os (Fraxinus excelsior) common oak (Quercus robur) ordinary pine (Pinus sylvestris) common beech (Carpinus betulus) normally Truscott (Ulmus laevis) Encompasses the species except white willow (Salix alba), poplar soaked (Populus spp.), Western tūj (Thuja occidentalis) and ošlap Maple (Acer gund) 2 outdoor Birch (the Birch warty) (pendulum of Betul (Betul-verrucos)) swamp Birch (fuzzy Birch) (Betul is pubescens (Betul Alba)) normal Rowan (Sorbus aucupari) ordinary Judy (Pad-Avium) common Juniper (Juniperus communis) 1 Baltalksn (Moose in incan) white willow (Salix alba) (pūpolvītol) Blīgzn (Salix capre) hybrid Alder (Alnus x pubescens) Ošlap Maple (Acer gund), poplar (Populus spp.) The usual Aspen (Populus tremul) Šķetr (Salix pentandra) w tūj (Thuja occidentalis) delicate willow (Salix fragile States) tree felling reason 0.8 factor tree died in the building, utilities, or interfere with its operation restoration, 0.1 Greenery area Dodge (izsauļošan), greenery care construction 1.5 0.8 another reason 1 locality factor 2.5 Riga the other cities of the Republic (Daugavpils, Jēkabpils, Jelgava, Jurmala, Liepaja, Rezekne, Valmiera, Ventspils) 2 other cities in 0.5 0.8 Village tree location factor for the city centre , old town 2 specially protected natural territories, except the specially protected natural areas in the neutral zone 1 the rest of the city; specially protected natural areas in the neutral zone 0.8 local binding rules on felling of trees outside forest determine factor when assessing the amount of greenery and the situation in the villages and cities in the area, the economic situation and other fundamental aspects of the public, local authorities binding rules on felling of trees outside forest set compensation factor for the reduction of natural diversity to 0 and 1 agricultural Minister l. Rapidity of