§ 96.20 STREET TREE SPECIES TO BE PLANTED.

   (A)   The following list constitutes the official street tree species for the Town.

Genus	Species	Common Name
Acer	freemanii	Freeman Maple
Carya	glabra	Pignut Hickory
Carya	laciniosa	Shellbark Hickory
Carya	ovata	Shagbark Hickory
Gleditsia	triacanthos	Honeylocust
Quercus	bicolor	Swamp White Oak
Quercus	macrocarpa	Bur Oak
Quercus	shumardii	Shumard’s Oak
Taxodium	distichum	Bald Cypress

 

   (B)   No species other than those included in this list may be planted as street trees without written permission of the Tree Committee.

(Ord. 2015-09, passed 5-28-15)

§ 96.21 PARK TREE SPECIES TO BE PLANTED.

   The following list constitutes additional trees that can be planted in the Brownsburg Parks:

Genus	Species	Common Name
Malus	coronaria	Sweet Crabapple
Malus	ioensis	Prairie Crabapple
Prunus	americana	American Plum
Acer	saccharinum	Silver Maple
Juglans	nigra	Black Walnut
Jaglans	cinera	Butternut
Carya	illinoinensis	Pecan
Carya	ovata	Shagbark Hickory
Liquidambar	styraciflura	Sweetgum

 

(Ord. 2015-09, passed 5-28-15)

§ 96.22 SPACING.

   The spacing of street trees will be in accordance with the two species size classes listed in § 96.20, and no trees may be planted closer together than the following:

   (A)   Small trees: 30 feet; and

   (B)   Large trees: 50 feet;

except in special plantings designed or approved by a registered landscape architect within Indiana.

(Ord. 2015-09, passed 5-28-15)

§ 96.23 DISTANCES FROM CURB AND SIDEWALK.

   The distance trees may be planted from curb or curb lines and sidewalks will be in accordance with the two species size classes listed in § 96.20, and no trees may be planted closer to any curb or sidewalk than the following:

   (A)   Small trees: two feet; and

   (B)   Large trees: four feet.

(Ord. 2015-09, passed 5-28-15)

§ 96.24 VISION CLEARANCE AND DISTANCE FROM STREET CORNERS AND FIREPLUGS.

   A vision clearance or sight triangle shall be maintained at every intersection of two or more streets, intersection of a street and alley, and intersection of a street and driveway according to Section 5.85 of the Brownsburg Zoning Ordinance. 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 ten feet of any fireplug.

(Ord. 2015-09, passed 5-28-15)

§ 96.25 UTILITIES.

   No street trees other than those species listed as small trees in § 96.22 may be planted under or within ten lateral feet of any overhead utility wire, or over or within five later feet of any underground water line, sewer line, transmission line or other utility.

(Ord. 2015-09, passed 5-28-15)