The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them:
(a) Building Envelope. The ground area of a lot or parcel of land enclosed or to be enclosed by the exterior walls or perimeter (i.e., the footprint) of principal and accessory buildings and structures, including but not limited to pools, decks, patios, walks, tennis courts, driveways, and utility services.
(b) Caliper. A tree’s diameter in inches measured four and one-half feet above the ground (also known as diameter at breast height/DBH).
(c) Drip Line. An imaginary vertical line extending downward from the outermost tips of a tree’s branches to the ground.
(d) Heritage Tree. A tree that is included in the American Forests’ National Register of Big Trees, the Michigan Botanical Club’s Michigan Champion Trees List, or in the Village’s Heritage Tree List in Appendix A-4 to Title Four - Zoning.
(e) Person. Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization, or legal entity of any kind, including governmental agencies conducting operations in the Village and all tree removal companies.
(f) Protected Tree. Any tree that has a caliper of six inches or greater and is not identified as a non-protected tree in Appendix A to this chapter.
(g) Remove or Removal. The act of removing, relocation, or destroying a tree by digging it up or cutting it down, or the effective removal or destruction through mutilation, damage, poison, girdling, topping, failure to protect within the drip line, or other actions that are likely to cause or hasten the death of a tree.
(Ord. 2010-04. Passed 5-10-10.)