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553.11 PERMITTED TREES FOR MEDIUM SIZE AREAS.
   No person shall plant or cause to be planted a tree in a tree lawn less than seven feet in width and 15 feet in length, nor closer than 40 feet between trees, nor closer than 25 feet to an existing or anticipated structure, other than one of the following:
   (a)   Greenspire Linden (Tilia Cordata Greenspire)
   (b)   Chancellor Linden (Tilia Cordata Chancellor)
   (c)   Glenleven Linden (Tilia Cordata Glenleven)
   (d)   Aristocrat Callery (Pyrus Calleryana Aristocrat)
   (e)   Cleveland Select Pear (Pyrus Calleryana Select Cleveland)
   (f)   Stone Hill Callery Pear (Pyrus Calleryana Stone Hill)
   (g)   Hedge Maple (Acer Campestre)
   (h)   Cleveland Norway Maple (Acer Platanoides Cleveland)
   (i)   Crimson King Norway Maple (Acer Platanoides Crimson King)
   (j)   Schwedler Norway Maple (Acer Platanoides Schwedler)
   (k)   Emeral Lustre Maple (Acer Platanoides Emerald Lustre)
   (l)   Red Sunset Maple (Acer Rubrum Red Sunset)
   (m)   Armstrong Red Maple (Acer Rubrum Armstrong)
   (n)   Black Gum (Nyssa Sylvatica)
   (o)   Pyramidal European Hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus Pyramid)
   (p)   Sunburst Honeylocust (Gleditsia Triacanthos Inermise Sunburst)
   (q)   Sawtooth Oak (Quercus Acutissima)
   (r)   Celebration - Celzam Maple (Acer Celzam)
   (s)   Upright Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum Columnare)
   (t)   Endowment Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum Endowment)
   (u)   Trueshade Honeylocust (Gleditsia Triacanthos Inermis Trueshade)
(Ord. 2016-117. Passed 9-19-16.)
553.12 PERMITTED TREES FOR LARGER SIZE AREAS.
   No person shall plant or cause to be planted a tree in a tree lawn less than ten feet in width and 20 feet in length, nor closer than 50 feet between trees, nor closer than 40 feet to an existing or anticipated structure, other than one of the following:
   (a)   River Birch (Betula Nigra)
   (b)   Ginkgo (Ginkgo Biloba Maidenhair)
   (c)   Silver Linden (Tilia Tomentosa)
   (d)   Thornless Honeylocust (Gleditsia Triacanthos Inermise)
   (e)   Emerald Queen Norway Maple (Acer Platanoides Emerald Queen)
   (f)   Cimmaron Ash (Fraxinus Pennsylvanica Cimmzam)
   (g)   Tulip Tree (Liriodendron Tulipifera)
   (h)   Red Oak (Quercus Rubra)
   (i)   Pin Oak (Quercus Palustris)
   (j)   Elm (Ulmus Valley Forge or Triumph)
(Ord. 2016-117. Passed 9-19-16.)
553.13 TREE LAWN DEFINED.
   "Tree lawn," as used in this chapter, means that portion of the public right-of-way for road purposes which exists between the paved roadway surface and the sidewalk, or otherwise exists as the unpaved portion of the public right-of-way.
(Ord. 2016-117. Passed 9-19-16.)
553.99 PENALTY.
   Any violation of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 2016-117. Passed 9-19-16.)