The Tree Commission, within three years of the adoption of this chapter, shall adopt an Urban Forest Management Plan. The plan shall incorporate the following elements:
(a) A clear, concise, and comprehensive Statement of Policies and Objectives for urban forestry management in the Village, which statement is to be developed by the Tree Commission through a process of at least three public hearings;
(b) A designation of proposed urban forestry treatments for major traffic routes and districts within the Village consistent with the Village's Master Plan, together with a program, schedule, and suggested budget for implementing such treatments;
(c) An inventory of every shade tree, public tree, and any other trees as deemed necessary by the Division, which inventory shall include, as appropriate, species, age, condition, maintenance records, street address, record of fees and fines, and any other information necessary or usable in the long-range planning or day-to-day planting and maintenance of the Village's urban forest;
(d) A Tree Renewal Plan, based on an evaluation of species characteristics and performance as recorded in the inventory, providing for rotational reforestation of diseased or declining trees and break-up of potentially problematic monocultures;
(e) A process for continual update and improvement of the Urban Forest Management Plan elements.
(f) A list of desirable trees for planting along streets in three size classes based on mature height: small (under 20 ft.), medium (20 to 40 ft.), and large (more than 40 ft.). The Tree Commission will also create lists of trees not suitable for planting. (Ord. 2005-066. Passed 6-14-05.)