A. Recommended Species: The following list constitutes the recommended street tree species for the city:
Small Trees | Medium Trees | Large Trees |
Small Trees | Medium Trees | Large Trees |
Apricot | Ash, green | Coffeetree, Kentucky |
Crabapple, flowering | Hackberry | Maple, silver |
Hawthorn (sp.) | Honeylocust (thornless) | Maple, sugar |
Pear, Bradford | Linden or Basswood | Oak, bur |
Redbud | Mulberry, red (fruitless, male) | Sycamore |
Soapberry | Oak, English | Sycamore, London plantree |
Lilac, Jap. tree | Oak, red | Cottonwood (cottonless, male) |
Peach, flowering | Pagodatree, Japanese | |
Plum, purpleleaf | Pecan | |
Serviceberry | Birch, river | |
Osageorange (thornless, male) | ||
Persimmon | ||
Poplar, white | ||
Sassafras | ||
B. Spacing: The spacing of street trees will be in accordance with the three (3) species size classes listed in subsection A of this section, and no trees may be planted closer together than the following: small trees, thirty feet (30'); medium trees, forty feet (40'); and large trees, fifty feet (50'); except in special plantings designed or approved by a landscape architect.
C. Location:
1. Distance From Curb And Sidewalk: The distance trees may be planted from curbs or curb lines and sidewalks will be in accordance with the three (3) species size classes listed in subsection A of this section, and no trees may be planted closer to any curb or sidewalk than the following: small trees, two feet (2'); medium trees, three feet (3'); and large trees, four feet (4').
2. Distance From Street Corners And Fireplugs: No street tree shall be planted closer than thirty five feet (35') of any street corner, measured from the point of nearest intersecting curbs or curb lines. No street tree shall be planted closer than ten feet (10') of any fireplug.
3. Near Utilities: No street trees, other than those species listed as small trees in subsection A of this section, may be planted under or within ten (10) lateral feet of any overhead utility wire, or over or within five (5) lateral feet of any underground water line, sewer line, transmission line or other utility. (Ord. 105, 7-6-1993)