(a) The Master Shade Tree Plan presently on file with the Director of Public Service constitutes the Official Shade Tree species for the City. No species other than those specified in the Master Shade Tree Plan may be planted as street trees without written permission from the City Shade Tree Commission and Director of Public Service.
(b) The following trees are prohibited on any street lawn in the City and the Director of Public Service is given the continuing authority to remove any such tree or part thereof which is in any unsafe condition, or which by reason of its location, or nature, is injurious or detrimental to other public improvements or infected with any fungus, insect or other pest or disease which otherwise cannot be controlled.
(1) Ailanthus altissima, tree of heaven
(2) Albizia julibrissin, mimosa
(3) Acer campestre, hedge maple
(4) Acer ginnala, Amur maple
(S) Acer negundo, box elder
(6) Acer platanoides, Norway maple
(7) Acer pseudoplatanus, sycamore maple
(8) Acer saccharinum, silver maple
(9) Alnus glutinosa, European black alder
(10) Betula pendula, European white birch
(11) Elaeagnus angustifolia, Russian olive
(12) Elaeagnus umbellata, autumn olive
(13) Frangula alnus, glossy buckthorn
(14) Fraxinus spp., ashes
(15) Juglans nigra, black walnut
(16) Koelreuteria paniculata, golden rain tree
(17) Marus alba, white mulberry
(18) Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
(19) Paulownia tomentosa, princess tree
(20) Phellodendron amurense, Amur corktree
(21) Populus alba, white poplar
(22) Populus deltoides, cottonwood
(23) Populus nigra, Lombardy poplar
(24) Pterocarya spp., wingnuts
(25) Rhamnus cathartica, common buckthorn
(26) Robinia pseudoacacia, black locust
(27) Salix spp., willows
(28) Sorbus aucuparia, European mountain ash
(29) Styphnolobium japonicum, pagoda tree
(30) Ulmus pumila, Siberian elm
(31) Zelkova serrata, zelkova tree
(c) If any tree listed in subsection 327.06(b) above is located on private property in such close proximity to any public place as will permit the roots of such trees to penetrate through or under the surface of any public place it will be declared a public nuisance and shall be abated by the Director of Public Service.
(Ord. 2023-7. Passed 2-21-23.)