915.01 TITLE AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

   (a)   This chapter shall constitute the Comprehensive Tree and Planting Plan for the City of Hamilton, Ohio. Its purpose is to establish policies and regulations that will promote and protect the urban forest and plantings of Hamilton. The statement of purpose for this chapter shall be as follows:

   (b)   Ohio is a forest by nature. May we, the people of the City of Hamilton, unite in a collective mission to manage and protect our local urban forest. In doing so let us proceed with the knowledge that a forest is an interaction of living elements that are part of a greater ecological process. When we alter this process or its parts without knowledge and compassion we threaten the health and survivability of the immediate and larger landscape and the communities that live within them.

(Ord. 2013-6-52. Passed 6-26-13.)