(A) No person shall remove or disturb any existing tree with a diameter at breast height (DBH) of six inches or greater within a perimeter buffer zone as hereinafter defined in this section. For the purpose of this article, “diameter at breast height” means the tree trunk diameter measured in inches at a height of four and one-half feet above the ground and disturb means to deface, injure, destroy or otherwise damage a tree or the root system of a tree within its drip zone.
(B) The tree protection standards of this article apply to the perimeter buffer zone of undeveloped property. The perimeter buffer zone is the area within the outer perimeter of undeveloped property. The boundaries of the perimeter buffer zone extend the following distances from the outer perimeter of the undeveloped property:
(1) Fifty feet from all public road rights-of-way;
(2) Fifty feet from property lines adjacent to developed properties; and
(3) Twenty-five feet from property lines adjacent to undeveloped properties.
(C) In the event the area within the perimeter buffer zone for a property exceeds the maximum allowable size of a perimeter buffer zone as provided in section 6-5-25, then the boundaries of the perimeter buffer zone shall be reduced an equal distance until the area no longer exceeds the maximum allowable size.
(Ord. 07-33, § 2, passed 3-8-2007)