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Street trees of a deciduous hardwood type with a minimum caliper of one and one-half inches shall, when provided, be planted between the curb and the sidewalk, provided the planting strip is a minimum of six feet wide and located as near the planting strip as possible, but at no instance shall a tree be planted closer than three feet to the curb, sidewalk or any other utility above or below the ground.
(Ord. 1286, passed 6-7-1982)
In wooded areas, flood plains, wetlands, areas having slopes of 15% or greater or where other natural conditions exist in such a manner that development would be hazardous to the safety of life and property or would cause permanent ecologic instability, the Commission may require that the developer preserve as much of the original natural conditions as is economically feasible and ecologically practicable and may limit the amount of grading and excavating to the minimum improvement standards included herein.
(Ord. 1286, passed 6-7-1982)
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