Tree removal is prohibited in each of the following circumstances:

A. Without receiving an approved permit, unless such activity is exempt;

B. On those specific portions of lots, tracts or parcels that contain steep slopes, wetlands, stream corridors and associated buffers listed on the town’s Environmentally Sensitive Areas Map;

C. For undeveloped lots, tract or parcels proposals, removal of more than five percent of the trees located on the lot, tract or parcel in any one year;

D. For routine property maintenance, removal of trees that exceed the maximum number set forth in Section 16.12.060(B)(Table 1). (Ord. 03-425 (part), 2003)