For the purpose of this chapter the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense, include the future, words in the plural include the singular, and words in the singular include the plural. The word "shall" is mandatory and not merely directory.
(a) "Large trees" means trees attaining a height of forty-five feet or more.
(b) "Medium trees" means trees attaining a height of thirty to forty-five feet.
(c) "Municipal Shade Tree Commission" means the designated entity of the Municipality assigned to carry out the enforcement of this chapter.
(d) "Municipality" means the Village of Hicksville, County of Defiance, State of Ohio.
(e) "Park" means all public parks having individual names.
(f) "Parks and Street Trees Department" means Department of Parks and Street Trees, Parks and Forestry, Forestry, Street Trees or other designated department of the Municipality under whose jurisdiction parks and/or street trees fall.
(g) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
(h) "Principal thoroughfare" means any street upon which trucks are not prohibited.
(i) "Property line" means the outer edge of a street or highway.
(j) "Property owner" means the person owning property as shown by the County Auditor's Plat of Defiance County, State of Ohio.
(k) "Public places" means all other grounds owned by the Municipality.
(l) "Public trees" means all shade and ornamental trees now or hereafter growing on any street or on any public areas where otherwise indicated.
(m) "Small trees" means trees attaining a height of twenty to thirty feet.
(n) "Street" and "highway" mean the entire width of every public way or right of way when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
(o) "Treelawn" means that part of a street or highway not covered by sidewalk or other paving, lying between the property line and that portion of the street or highway usually used for vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 94-22. Passed 12-19-94.)