This Chapter regulates all trees and Forests on public lands as the same are defined herein. This Chapter also regulates all diseases and pests of Shade Trees on public and private lands as the same are defined herein. The purposes of this Chapter are:
A. To regulate the planting, maintenance and removal of trees on public lands under the jurisdiction of the City;
B. To preserve the Forests within the City;
C. To protect property values by preserving the Forests in the City;
D. To provide regulations for resisting and eradicating diseases and pests of Shade Trees;
E. To provide development guidelines which seek to reduce loss of or damage to Significant Trees on undeveloped land; and
F. To provide guidelines which encourage the planting of new trees to replace those trees lost to disease, pests, or development.
[Section 20-101 amended by Ord. No. 07-02, effective March 1, 2007, amended by Ord. No. 07-04, effective July 26, 2007.]