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1028.19   EXCEPTIONS, VARIANCES AND LIENS.
   (a)   The Service Director, in consultation with a certified arborist may make exceptions to the regulations in this chapter in order to protect and improve the selected trees in the Municipality. The Service Director may grant written permission for tree removal if such tree removal is not contrary to the spirit of the chapter, presents an unnecessary hardship or is deemed an emergency.
   (b)   Any disagreement with any decision made by an administrative official in the implementation of this chapter can be appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals as provided in Chapter 1236. The burden of proof is on the appellant.
   (c)   In any instance where the Municipality is required to take action and incur expense due to the failure of a private property owner or their contractor or agent take action required under this chapter, the amount expended by the Municipality shall be a lien on that property and said amount shall be certified by the Finance Director to the County Auditor, placed on the tax duplicate and collected the same as other taxes as provided by law.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
1028.20   CONFLICTS.
   Nothing herein is intended to detract from the requirements set forth in Chapters 252, 277, 642, 1031, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1062, 1064, 1222, 1228, 1232, 1244, 1248, 1270, 1274, 1284, 1290, 1292, 1294, or 1484 of the Avon Codified Ordinances. In the event of a conflict, the more stringent provision shall apply. Whenever possible, conflicting or overlapping sections should be construed to further the intent of this legislation.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
1028.21   MASTER TREE PLAN.
   Within one year after passage of this legislation, the Tree Commission shall recommend to City Council a Master Tree Plan for the Municipality. Said Master Tree Plan shall meet all the qualifications necessary to comply with Tree USA criteria.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
1028.99 PENALTY.
   Whoever violates any express prohibition set forth in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Punishment shall be as provided in General Offences Code of the Avon Codified Ordinances, Chapter 698. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day such violation continues.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
APPENDIX A
Tree Recommendations
Common Name
Botanical Name
Paperback Maple
Acer Griseum
State Street Maple
Acer miyabei Morton
Armstrong Red Maple
Acer rubrum Armstrong
Brandywine Red Maple
Acer rubrum Brandywine
Summer Sensation Red Maple
Acer rubrum Summer Sensation
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry
Amelanchier grandiflora Autumn Brilliance
European or Common Hornbeam
Carpinus betulus Frans Fontaine
Katsura
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Crimson Cloud Hawthorn
Crataegus laevigata Crimson Cloud
Autumn Gold Ginkgo biloba or Maidenhair
Ginkgo biloba Autumn Gold
Princeton Sentry Ginkgo biloba or
Ginkgo biloba Princeton Sentry
Prairie Rose Crabapple
Malus ioensis Prairie Rose
Royal Raindrops Crabapple
Malus JFS-KW5 Royal Raindrops
Redbud Crabapple
Malus zumi Calocarpa
Wildfire Blackgum (Sour gum)
Nyssa sylvatica Wildfire
Persian Ironwood
Parrotia persica Vanessa
Sargent Cherry or North Japanese Hill
Prunus Sargent
Regal Prince Oak
Quercus Regal Prince
Japanese Fragrant Snowbell
Styrax obassia
Ivory Silk Japanese Lilac
Syringa reticulata Ivory Silk
Signature Japanese Lilac
Syringa reticulata Signature
Greenspire Harvest Gold Linden
Tilia Greenspire Harvest Gold
Princeton American Elm
Ulmus americana Princeton
Emerald Sunshine Japanese Elm
Ulmus propinqua JFS-Bieberich Emerald Sunshine
Green Vase Japanese Zelkova
Zelkova serrata Green Vase
 
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
APPENDIX B
Prohibited Trees
   (Undesirable for Street/Parkway)
Common Name
Botanical Name
Boxelder
Acer negundo
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Tree of Heaven
Ailanthus altissima
Russian Olive
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Modesto Ash
Fraxinus velutina glabra
Female Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba (Female)
Thornless Honeylocust
Gleditsia tricanthos "Inermis"
Mulberry
Morus species
White Poplar
Populus alba
Cottonwood
Populus dectoides
Lombardy Poplar
Populus nigra
Bradford Pear
Pyrus calleryana "Bradford"
Willow
Salix species
American Elm
Ulmus americana
Siberian Elm
Ulmus pumila
 
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)