For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are hereby defined as follows:
(1) "Director" means the director of environmental services of the city or his or her designee.
(2) "Parkway" means either (i) the area between the curb and sidewalk within a fully improved street right-of-way; or (ii) that area extending from the curb towards the nearest easement line in an area with no sidewalk ; or (iii) any area within a street right-of-way in which a parkway tree is located.
(3) "Parkway tree" means a tree planted or caused to be planted by the city within a parkway strip.
(4) "Removal" means the uprooting, cutting or severing of the main trunk of the tree, or any act which causes the tree to die within six months.
(5) "Shrub" means woody vegetation or a woody plant having multiple stems and bearing foliage from the ground level up.
(6) "Tree" means any woody plant, including a palm, which has the potential of attaining a minimum height of fifteen feet and has its canopy of foliage borne normally on a single trunk.
(7) "Tree well" means a planting area found in an otherwise paved or concrete street right-of-way.
(Ord. 556 § 2 (part), 2000).