As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
CITY ARBORIST, CITY FORESTER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR: A person designated by the city who has the authority to manage this chapter with direction from the tree committee.
DRIP LINE: The line that extends from the outside edges of the tree canopy to the ground.
LANDMARK TREE: A tree designated for its unique characteristics, such as species rarity, old age, association with a historical event or person, abnormality, or scenic enhancement.
PRIVATE TREE: A tree located on private property, outside of city rights of way, not a public tree.
PUBLIC NUISANCE: A tree that interferes by means of obstructing, posing a liability and threat to safety, dead trees, diseased trees.
PUBLIC TREE: Trees, shrubs, bushes and all other woody vegetation on land lying within the city rights of way and city property.
RIGHT OF WAY: Improved or unimproved public property owned by, dedicated to, or deeded to, the public or for the public's use, for the purpose of providing vehicular, pedestrian and other public use. Such public property provides circulation and travel to abutting properties and includes, but is not limited to, streets, alleys, sidewalks, trees, lawns, provisions for public utilities, cut and fill slopes, and open space.
STREET TREE: All public trees located within public rights of way.
TOPPING: On public trees, the severe cutting back of limbs within a tree's crown to such a degree that only stubs remain, or the removal of the top part (trunk and limbs) of a coniferous tree, thereby removing a significant portion of the normal crown.
TREE COMMITTEE: The citizen committee established and designated as the "Horseshoe Bend tree committee", sanctioned by the Horseshoe Bend city council to be the advisory body which may assist the city in its efforts to carry out a tree management program and may recommend regulations and standards for the planting, care, and maintenance of the public trees within the city.
TREE LAWN: The portion of the public right of way lying between the street and private property lines which is generally unimproved and planted with grass or other vegetation. (Ord. 198, 9-11-2002)