No species other than those included in this list may be planted as Street Trees without
written permission of the Village Tree Advisory Board.
Extra Small Trees Pendulum weeping Japanese Pagodatree (15- 20) Red Buckeye (15-20) Allegheny Serviceberry (15-25) Pagoda Dogwood (15-25) Eastern Redbud (20) Dwarf Chinkapin Oak (20) Apricot Tree (16-20) Kousa Dogwood (20-25) | Small Trees Summer Sprite Tree (25) Wireless Zelkova (25) Japanese Tree Lilac (25) Paperbark Maple (25) City Sprite Tree (25) Thornless Cockspur Hawthorne sp.(20-30) Amur Maackia (25) | Medium Trees Persian Parrotia (30) Trident Maple (30) Carolina Silverbell (35) Goldenrain Tree (30- 35) | Large Trees His Majesty Cork Tree (40) American Hop Hornbeam (40) Chinese Elm (40) Frontier Elm (40) Thornless Honeylocust(45) Chinkapin Oak (45) American Yellowwood (30-50) Kentucky Coffeetree (5) Sugar Maple (50) Japanese Pagoda Tree(50) Shingle Oak (50) Pioneer Elm (40-60) Magnifica Hackberry(50-60) Bloodgood London Planetree (60) Japanese Zelkova (50-70) |
* Please note: The above species are offered as size class examples only and may not be suitable for planting in your area. Please check with local sources to develop a species list.
Spacing - The spacing of Street Trees will be in accordance with the four species size classes listed
above, and no trees may be planted closer together than the following:
Extra Small Trees, 15-20 Medium Trees, 25-40 feet;
Small Trees, 20-25 feet; and Large Trees, 40-50 feet;
except in special plantings designed or approved by a landscape architect.
Distance from Curb and Sidewalk - The distance trees may be planted from curbs or curb lines and sidewalks will be in accordance with the three species size classes listed in the above Table, and no trees may be planted closer to any curb or sidewalk than the following: Extra Small Trees 2 feet, Small Trees, 3 feet; Medium Trees, 4 feet; and Large Trees, 5 feet.
Distance from Street Corners and Fire Hydrant - No Street Tree shall be planted closer than 35 feet of any street corner, measured from the point of nearest intersecting curbs or curb lines. No Street Tree shall be planted closer than 10 feet of any fire hydrant.
Utility - No Street Trees other than those species listed as Extra Small or Small Trees in above Table may be planted under or within 15 lateral feet of any overhead utility wire, or over or within 5 lateral feet of any underground water line, sewer line, storm, transmission line or other utility.
Public Tree Care - The Village shall have the right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees, plants and shrubs within the lines of all streets, alleys, avenues, lanes, squares and public grounds, as may be necessary to insure public safety or to preserve or enhance the symmetry and beauty of such public grounds. The Village Tree Advisory Board may remove or cause or order to be removed, any tree or part thereof which is in an unsafe condition or which by reason of its nature is injurious to sewers, electric power lines, gas lines, water lines, or other public improvements, or is affected with any injurious fungus, insect or other pest. This does not prohibit the planting of Street Trees by adjacent property owners providing that the selection and location of said trees is in accordance with Chapter 522.
(Ord. 2020-06. Passed 9-28-20.)