For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PARK. Any park, tot lot, or area owned by the city to which the public has free access for any use thereon permitted by law.
PRIVATE TREE. Any tree now existing or which may exist on land owned by a person or entity which is not part of any governmental unit.
PUBLIC TREE. Any tree or shrub now existing or which may exist on any land owned by the city, any park, any parkway, any roadway, or any public street.
PUBLIC UTILITY. Any franchised entity owning or operating a pole, line, pipe, wire or conduit for the transmission of electricity, gas, telephone, water, sewage or cable television service.
SCHEDULE OF OFFICIAL PUBLIC TREES. The schedule of official public trees as prescribed in the Comprehensive Tree Management Plan.
SHRUBS. Shrubbery, flowers, leafy plants or vegetation, dead, alive or dormant.
TOPPING. The severe cutting back of limbs to stubs larger than three inches within the tree's crown to the extent that the natural canopy is removed and the tree is disfigured.
(Ord. 195, passed 2-15-93)