1. PURPOSE. To preserve, protect, enhance, and restore all significant woodlands, wildlife habitat areas, areas of rough or steep topography, and related scenic areas. Regulation of these areas will serve to control erosion and sedimentation and will promote and maintain the natural beauty of the City without disturbing the requirements of the underlying basic use district.
2. PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES.
   1. Any use of land, except development involving structures, that is permitted in the basic underlying district, provided that such use does not destroy the natural resource features protected by the district.
   2. Forest and game management.
   3. Park and recreation areas.
   4. Preservation of scenic, historic, and scientific areas.
   5. Recreational trails.
3. CONDITIONAL USES.
   1. Any Permitted Use, Permitted Accessory Use, or Conditional Use permitted in the underlying basic use district, including the construction or development of structures provided that the development will serve to implement the purpose of the UCO district and foster the preservation of woodlands, wildlife habitat, rough or steep topography and scenic areas. To this end, the Plan Commission may permit the transfer of densities within the property boundaries of a given project. Individual lot sizes and per-unit lot sizes may be reduced, provided that the density of the project does not exceed the maximum density permitted in the underlying basic use district. Open spaces and natural resource elements shall be preserved by the transfer of density will be inviolate.
   2. Earth movements, including filling or excavation, involving the disturbance of more than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area on slopes of twelve percent (12%) or more, provided that the Plan Commission has determined that such earth moving is necessary to the public interest, will not result in undue negative impact on the natural resource base, and further provided that the Plan Commission has approved an operational plan submitted by the petitioner that will serve to minimize erosion and sedimentation, and preserve the natural beauty of the site. The Plan Commission shall require the applicant to furnish a surety to enable the City to carry out land restoration work in the event of default by the applicant in carrying out the approved operational plan.
4. TREE CUTTING AND SHUBBERY CLEARING PROHIBITED. Lands lying within the Upland Conservancy Overlay District shall not be clear cut of trees, shrubbery, or underbrush. No more than ten percent (10%) of the natural vegetation shall be removed from a parcel in any one given calendar year. Normal pruning, trimming, and shearing of vegetation; removal of dead, diseased, insect- infested vegetation; and silvicultural thinning conducted under the recommendation of a forester shall be exempt from this restriction.

(Rep. & recr. #66-01)