No person or entity, without lawful authority, shall willfully injure, deface, disfigure, cut, carve, transplant, remove, destroy, attach any rope, wire, nail, advertising posters, election posters or other contrivance to any public tree or other tree or shrub on any public right-of-way or Village owned property, or apply or, allow any gaseous liquid, chemical or solid substance which is harmful to such public trees, shrubs, grass and flowers to come in contact with them; or set fire to, or permit any fire to burn when such fire or the heat therefrom will injure any portion of any public tree, or shrub, grass or flower, located on any public right-of-way, parkway, or thoroughfare, or Village owned property.
All trees along any street, or in any public right-of-way, or on other Village owned property near any excavation or construction of any building, structure, or street construction shall be protected so as to avoid all injury to the trunk, crown, and unnecessary injury to the root system of the tree.
The critical root zone of a public tree shall be at a distance in feet from the tree equal to the dbh of the tree trunk in inches, and shall be designated and protected using snow fencing or other protective measures approved by the Village Forester, except when the Public Works Director determines that a public tree cannot be preserved and considering the nature, cost, importance of a proposed public improvement, and whether there is a practicable alternative.
Building materials, stone, brick, sand, concrete, soil, or other debris shall not be placed or stored on or in the critical root zone area of any public tree or other tree or shrub on public right-of-way or Village owned property, without written authorization from the Village Forester obtained prior to storing any such materials or debris.
New driveway construction shall be placed at least ten feet (10') from the trunk of any public tree and shall be relocated to another location when practicable, or at the discretion of the Public Works Director after consulting with the Village Forester. (Ord. 2018-72, 6-5-2018)