The following standards for minimum spacing, location, area requirement and minimum size of seedlings shall be utilized for the placement of trees within the public right-of-way, greenways, and city parks:
A. Recommended trees shall not be planted closer than twenty (20) feet measured from center to center of each tree.
B. Recommended trees shall not be placed closer than forty (40) feet from the corner of a curb at intersections or closer than three (3) feet to the edge of a driveway.
C. Recommended trees shall not be planted closer than the width of its full spread to a standard or pole, measured from the center of the tree to the center of the pole.
D. Recommended trees shall not be planted when at least six (6) feet of space between curb and sidewalk or other obstruction is not available.
E. Recommended trees shall generally be planted equidistant between the curb and street edge of a conventional sidewalk or equidistant between the property line and edge of a curb-type sidewalk, unless specifically directed differently on the required permit in order to avoid conflict with existing or proposed utilities.
F. Recommended trees shall be planted in an area containing at least nine square feet of ground for each tree and no impervious material shall be placed nearer than thirty inches to the center of a tree.
G. No tree shall be planted closer than ten (10) feet from any fire plug. (Amended by Ordinance No. 9690, effective 06-12-2018)