1359.03 CUTTING OF TREES.

   (a)    Approval Required. There shall be no clear-cutting, timbering, selective cutting, or commercial cutting of trees on any piece or parcel of land located within the Village without a permit, except as otherwise exempted in Section 1359.10.

   (b) Clear Cutting. Clear cutting, as used in this Chapter, means a system of tree harvesting that removes all the trees in a given area. Clear-cutting is prohibited, except to the extent necessary to clear a building site, yard, driveway and right-of-way providing access to the site from a public street.

   (c)    Selective Cutting. As used in this Chapter, "timbering, selective cutting or commercial cutting" means the cutting of trees having a DBH of eight (8) inches or greater. Selective cutting of timber shall be permitted under the following conditions, upon application to and approval of the Building Commissioner, as follows:

      (1)    The Building Commissioner, the Engineer, an Arborist selected by the Village and the property owner or his or her representative shall together inspect the wooded area to be selectively cut in order to butt brand and paint stripe the specific trees to be cut.

      (2)   Only trees so branded and marked shall be cut. Each unauthorized cutting of an unmarked tree shall constitute a separate violation of the Zoning Code and shall constitute grounds for the immediate revocation of the approval to cut trees and/or any other permit issued.

         (Ord. 2020-07. Passed 5-18-20.)