For purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined as:
CERTIFIED ARBORIST: A person who is certified by the International Society of Arboriculture.
PARK(S) AND PUBLIC PLACES: All public parks, greenways, squares, commons, cemeteries, and lands owned by the city distinguished by individual names.
PRIVATE TREE(S): All trees growing on private property within the city limits.
PUBLIC NUISANCE: Any dangerous or unsafe tree or portions thereof on streets, in parks, on other public places or posing a hazard thereto. Any destructive or communicable disease or pestilence which endangers the growth, health, life or well being of trees and other plants in the city.
PUBLIC PROPERTY: Property owned by the city of Gooding whether in fee simple absolute, or implied or expressly dedicated to the public for present or future use, for purposes of vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or for public easements.
PUBLIC TREE(S): All trees located on public property, including public rights of way.
TREE: Any woody plant which normally attains a height of fifteen feet (15') or more at maturity. Such plants may have single or multiple trunks, are often unbranched for several feet above the ground, and have a definite crown.
TREE CARE GUIDELINES: The "American National Standard For Tree Care Operations: Tree Shrub And Other Woody Plant Maintenance Standard Practices" (ANSI A-300) published by the American National Standards Institute. Also tree care information developed by the International Society of Arboriculture and the National Arborist Association.
TREE TOPPING: Severe cutting back of limbs within a tree crown to buds, stubs, or laterals not large enough to assume a terminal role within the crown and to such a degree so as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree. (Ord. 668, 1-5-2010)