Exemptions to the provisions of this subchapter include the following:
(A) Trimming of trees by the town or approved agent as normal maintenance provided the trimming does not result in the mutilation, death or destruction of the tree; and
(B) Any tree which during a period of emergency or act of God must be removed so that it in no way will hinder public work to restore order in the town; removal to be by the town or its authorized agents.
(C) The removal of dead trees or dead portions of a tree. The owner of the property on which the trees are located bears the burden of proving that such trees or parts of trees were dead at the time of removal.
(D) The removal or cutting of live trees or portions of live trees (i.e. limbs or branches) on private property under six inches in diameter measured four feet above the ground (at its highest point), with the exception that provisions regulating clear-cutting as found in § 154.362 of this chapter must be followed.
(1989 Code, Title V, Ch. 51, Art. XXII, § 2204) (Ord. passed 5-13-2008; Ord. passed 7-13-2010; Ord. passed 11-15-2011)