1119.11 STREET TREES.
(a) Spacing and Selection. The selection and spacing of trees shall be in accord with a street tree plan approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Trees should be planted along new streets at an interval of fifty feet. Tree species should be selected with such habit of growth that they shall fill the space desired within a reasonable time, producing a pleasing effect in scale with adjacent developments. Miniature tree species should not be used except for special design considerations of scale, such as in a mall, and not used merely as a means of reducing pruning and a tree care program. Trees of untried species, of unknown endurance or those requiring frequent spraying should not be used. Trees generally recommended along streets are Red Maple, Norway Maple, Sugar Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Thornless Honey Locust, London Plane, Amur Cork and Sweet Gum. Trees which have undesirable characteristics such as excessively thick foliage, low branches, unpleasant odors, susceptibility to disease or attack by insects or which have large root systems, such as Poplar, Willow, Cottonwood, American Elm, various nut and fruit trees, Ailanthus, Mountain Ash and Oregon Maple shall not be planted in any tree lawn.
(b) Tree Planting Program. A tree planting program should be prepared by qualified landscape architects for trees along the public streets and public areas. Such program should consider the species to be used on specific streets along with regulations controlling spacing and also controlling the distance from curbs, street intersections, private driveways and street lights. Such program should be in accordance with the objectives of Policy No. 29, January, 1964, of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
(c) Specifications. All trees planted pursuant to this section shall include the following as minimum specifications for each such tree:
(1) The minimum caliper of each tree planted, regardless of species, shall be two and one-half inches. The caliper measurement shall be taken twelve inches above the ground line.
(2) The minimum height for each tree planted shall be in relation to its caliper and species, and in accordance with the standards of the American Nurseryman's Association.
(3) All trees planted shall be balled and burlapped.
(4) All trees planted shall survive one full growing season after the date it is planted. If, before the expiration of one full growing season after the date it is planted, any such tree is either dead or in poor condition, based on the opinion of the Municipal Landscape Architect, it shall be replaced by the developer during the next planting season.
(d) Inspections. All trees planted pursuant to this section shall be inspected by the Municipal Landscape Architect to assure that all requirements herein have been fulfilled.
(Ord. 81-52. Passed 10-5-81.)