Chapter 20 TREES AND LANDSCAPING*

Section 20-27 Definitions

     The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:    

    Clear cutting means the removal of all existing healthy, deciduous  and hardwood trees prior to  submitting a tree inventory and approval of a project landscaping plan to the City for  development  approval.  

    Development means all new improvements to an undeveloped property, including structures and parking areas or any work requiring a building permit.

     Exceptional tree means any of the following trees that are in fair or  better condition, are capable  of delivering at least seventy-five (75) percent of foliage to the scaffolding branches and are equal to or exceeding forty (40) feet or more in height at maturity and twenty (20) DBH: Ash, beech, birch, cedar, crabapple, cypress, elm, hemlock, magnolia, maple, oak, poplar or tupelo.

     Tree means any woody plant that has a single trunk with a caliper of five (5) inches or more at six (6) inches above the ground. A dogwood with a caliper of two (2) inches or more, six (6) inches above the ground, is defined as a tree.

 (Code 1958,   22B-2; Ord. of 4-10-95,   I; Ord of 7-26-04)

(20-27, Amended, 07/26/2004, Prior Text)