§ 153.50.150 PARKWAY LANDSCAPING.
   (A)   General. All subdivisions shall provide for the landscaping of all parkways and areas to be dedicated to the public, in accordance with this section and other city ordinances.
   (B)   Authority. The Director of Public Works and Engineering, or authorized designee, has the authority to require and/or grant permission for planting and maintaining trees and other landscaping on public streets and municipal and other properties, including private property, when such trees and landscaping are installed or maintained pursuant to this section.
   (C)   Areas to be graded and sodded.
      (1)   All areas within the dedicated street right-of-way or other public areas, and all swales draining more than two lots shall be graded and sodded in an approved manner, unless otherwise specifically approved in writing by the Director of Public Works and Engineering. Unless otherwise approved, such swales shall be sodded with a minimum width of ten feet. Restoration work shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Public Works and Engineering or their designee,
      (2)   Areas to be sodded shall be graded smooth and topped with at least four inches of black dirt, after compacting and removal of stumps, trees that cannot be saved, boulders and other debris. These areas shall be sodded in accordance with all applicable regulations of the City Code.
   (D)   Prohibited trees.
      (1)   Ash trees shall be prohibited within the city.
      (2)   Prohibited parkway trees. The following trees shall not be allowed for planting in parkways unless otherwise approved by the City Planner:
         (a)   Elms (Siberian, Chinese);
         (b)   Willows;
         (c)   Poplars;
         (d)   Box elders;
         (e)   Silver maples;
         (f)   Ornamental (crabapple trees, flowering shrubs, fruit trees);
         (g)   All upright evergreens;
         (h)   Ash.
      (3)   Prohibited parkway trees under utility lines. In addition to the prohibited parkway tree list above, the following trees shall not be allowed for planting in parkways when overhead utility lines are present, unless otherwise approved by the City Planner.
         (a)   Sugar maple;
         (b)   Norway maple;
         (c)   Oak;
         (d)   Bradford pear;
         (e)   Pine;
         (f)   Sycamore;
         (g)   Honey locust;
         (h)   Linden;
         (i)   Spruce.
   (E)   Approved parkway trees.
      (1)   Trees to be planted in the city parkways shall be selected from the tree appendices, unless in the opinion of Director of Public Works and Engineering, the tree will not survive, will be a nuisance in the location or locations indicated, or will result in an over-population of a species in the area. Trees in the appendices are those that may be approved. but not necessarily recommended. Tree Appendix A contains a list of trees approved in parkways when overhead utilities are not present. Tree Appendix B contains a list of approved parkway trees when overhead utilities are present. Additional information on selection of appropriate trees is available from the Morton Arboretum, https://www.mortonarb.org/trees-plants, or the Chicago Botanic Garden, https://www.chicagobotanic.org:pl antcollections/plantfinder.
      (2)   Certain species listed in the appendices have special requirements that must be provided by the developer to ensure the trees survive in a healthy condition. These requirements may include well-drained soils, acid soils, or other conditions. It is the developer’s responsibility to denote in the development plan or subdivision plat what measures, if any, have been taken to survey existing conditions to ensure compatibility with each planting species proposed, and what modifications, if any, are proposed to enhance existing conditions to insure compatibility with each proposed species.
      (3)   All crippled, deformed and physically damaged trees, regardless of species, shall be removed and replaced if an inspection by the city indicates that recovery and normal development cannot be expected. All trees infected with non-curable disease that will result in deformation, death, and infection of other trees shall be removed and replaced with healthy species.
      (4)   The location of planting sites shall take into consideration height restrictions and underground utilities.
   (F)   Parkway tree planting requirements. Parkway trees shall be required for all street rights-of-way, including public and private streets. Trees shall be centered in the parkway and spaced not less than 35 feet and not more than 50 feet apart, and not less than one per lot. However, at a street corner, trees shall be located at least 30 feet from the intersection of street right-of-way lines. If it has been determined by the City Planner that parkway trees cannot or should not be planted in the parkway, the number of parkway trees required shall not be reduced and shall be planted elsewhere on the property as approved by the City Planner.
 
   (G)   Requirements for planting installation and variety. See § 153.50.125 and Tree Appendices A and B of this section for requirements for tree variety and installation within parkways and on public property.
TREE APPENDIX A: APPROVED PARKWAY TREES WHEN OVERHEAD UTILITIES LINES ARE NOT PRESENT
TREE APPENDIX A: APPROVED PARKWAY TREES WHEN OVERHEAD UTILITIES LINES ARE NOT PRESENT
   1.   Norway Maple*
      (a)   Schwedler Maple
      (b)   Crimson King Maple
      (c)   Emerald Queen
      (d)   Summer Shade
   2.   Red Maple
      (a)   October Glory
      (b)   Red Sunset
      (c)   Cardinal
      (d)   Freeman
   6.   Sugar Maple
   7.   Miyabe Maple
   8.   Hackberry
   9.   European Beech
   10.   Ginkgo or Maidenhair Tree (male only)
   11.   Honey Locust (thornless and seedless)
      (a)   Majestic
      (b)   Skyline
      (c)   Shademaster
      (d)   Imperial
      (e)   Sunburst
      (f)   Moraine
   12.   Kentucky Coffee Tree
   13.   European Larch
   14.   London Planetree
   15.   Northern Red Oak
   16.   Swamp White Oak
   17.   Shingle Oak
   18.   Burr Oak
   19.   English Oak
   20.   Linden*
      (a)   Greenspire
      (b)   Redmond
      (c)   Silver
   21.   Horsechestnut          
   22.   Northern Catalpa
   23.   Tuliptree
   24.   Sweet Gum
   25.   Kwanzan Cherry
   26.   Sargent Cherry
   27.   Hybrid American Elm*
   28.   Others as approved by the Director of Public Works and Engineering
* Those species found to be most compatible with the range of conditions found in the City of Lockport.
 
TREE APPENDIX B: APPROVED PARKWAY TREES WHEN OVERHEAD UTILITIES LINES ARE PRESENT
Common name
Botanical name
Height x Width
Height of Power Line Under Which the Tree Can Be Planted
Useful Characteristics
TREE APPENDIX B: APPROVED PARKWAY TREES WHEN OVERHEAD UTILITIES LINES ARE PRESENT
Common name
Botanical name
Height x Width
Height of Power Line Under Which the Tree Can Be Planted
Useful Characteristics
Hedge Maple
Acer campestre
30' x ‘30'
40' primary
Yellow fall color
Crabapple (single stem)
Malus, spp.
25' x 30'
30' primary
Multiple flower colors, yellow-orange-red fall colors
Purple Blow Maple
Acer truncatu m
25' x 20'
35' primary
Good pest resistance, yellow-orange-red fall colors
American Hornbeam/ Ironwood
Carpinus carolini ana
20' x 25'
30' primary
Orange-red fall color, slow growing, flowers appear in spring
Winter King Hawthorn
Crataegu s viridis ‘winter king’
25' x 25'
35' primary
Few, if any thorns. White flowers that turn red to purplish red in fall.
Japanese Tree Lilac
Syringa reticula ta
30' x 20'
40' primary
Creamy white flowers with peeling bark, prefers moist, slightly acidic soil with good drainage
Hophornbe am
Ostrya virginiana
30' x 20'
40' primary
Hop-like fruit, slow growing
 
(Ord. 21-021, passed 8-18-21)