The following terms shall be defined as set forth below when used in this chapter:
COMMUNITY FOREST: The total of all public and private trees and shrubs within the city of Hayden.
CONTROLLER: Every person (owner, agent, tenant, occupant, or lessee) who exercises care, custody, and control of private real property that abuts a right of way upon which a public tree or shrub is located.
DISEASED TREE: A tree or part thereof which has become blighted, defaced, infested with harmful insects or has become significantly diseased.
HAYDEN COMMUNITY FORESTRY COMMISSION 1 : An advisory commission appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council to assist the city in the management of its community forest.
INJURIOUS PEST OR DISEASE: Refers to organisms capable of seriously damaging the form or structural integrity of a tree.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, company, or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE TREE: A tree that is not a public tree.
PRUNING: The removal of plant parts, dead or alive, in a careful and systematic manner so as not to damage other parts of the plant or the tree as a whole.
PUBLIC PROPERTY: Any property owned by the city of Hayden, other than public right of way.
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY: Improved or unimproved public property owned by, dedicated to, or deeded to the public for its use for the purpose of providing vehicular, pedestrian, and other public use.
PUBLIC TREE OR SHRUB: A tree or shrub that is situated in such a manner that any part of the tree trunk or shrub base at ground level is on public property or a public right of way.
ROOT ZONE: Is generally considered to be equal to the circumference of the canopy in full leaf.
SHRUB: Generally means a multiple stemmed woody plant whose height at maturity is from three (3) to fifteen feet (15').
STREET: That portion of a public right of way which is improved, maintained, and intended for use by vehicles to provide traffic circulation, primary access to abutting properties, and parking.
STREET TREES: All public trees located within public rights of way.
TOPPING: The severe cutting back of limbs within a tree's crown to such a degree that only stubs remain or the removal of the top part (trunk and limbs) of a coniferous tree, thereby removing a significant portion of the normal crown.
TREE: A woody plant usually having one main stem or trunk and many branches. It usually exceeds fifteen feet (15') in height at maturity. However, its failure to achieve such height at maturity shall not preclude its inclusion as a tree.
TREE SERVICE: Commercial services provided for trees, including, but not limited to: planting, removal, pruning, or engaging in technical arboricultural practices.
TREE STANDARDS: The specifications concerning the planting, care, and maintenance of trees as contained in the "Hayden Tree Standards Manual". (Ord. 332, 12-16-2002)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also title 2, chapter 2 of this code. |