The purpose of this Division IV is to: encourage the preservation and enhancement of the City’s urban forests; replace and increase tree cover in non-forest areas within the City; establish procedures, standards and requirements that protect trees and forests during and after development activity and minimize tree loss due to development activity; establish procedures, standards and requirements for afforestation, reforestation, and specimen tree mitigation within the City; and meet the requirements of the Natural Resources Article, Sections 5-1601 through 5-1612 of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Ord. 20-401