§ 92.01 PLANTING TREES NEAR SIDEWALKS PROHIBITED.

   No person shall plant a tree within ten feet of a sidewalk or within ten feet or an easement for a sidewalk except as follows:

   (A)   Where overhead power lines do not exist, the following trees may be planted:

      (1)   Thornless Honeylocust - Gleditsia triacanthos inermis “Morraine”;

      (2)   Little Leaf Linden - Tilia cordata “Greenspire”;

      (3)   London Plane Tree - Platanus acerfolia;

      (4)   Norway Maple - Acer platanoides;

      (5)   Red Maple - Acer rubrum;

      (6)   Ginko or Maidenhair Tree - Ginkgo biloba (male tree only); and

      (7)   Red Oak - Quercus borealis (rubra).

   (B)   Where overhead power lines exist, the following trees may be planted:

         (1)   Crabapple tree - Malus species; and

         (2)   Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida.

(Prior Code, §§ 53.02, 53.99) (Ord. 1960-14, passed 7-6-1960; Ord. 1989-3, passed 4-13-1989; Ord. 1991-3, passed 5-10-1991; Ord. 2019-25, passed on 5-13-2020) Penalty, see § 92.99