For purposes of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
SHALL. Is always mandatory.
STREET TREES. Trees planted on real estate owned or controlled by the city, and trees planted within a dedicated landscape easement.
TOPPING. The cutting back of the leading shoot or shoots of major limbs which for the natural canopy of the tree so as to disfigure and/or damage the tree’s crown.
TREE. A perennial plant having a woody supporting main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to heights greater than ten feet.
TREE CARE. The treating, spraying, removal, pruning, and any other tree maintenance or horticulture work intended for the enhancement or preservation of trees and the removal and prevention of any and all damages to any street trees caused by pests, blight, disease and mechanical injury.
(Ord. 012208C, passed 1-22-08; Am. Ord. 091514A, passed 11-17-14)