(A) The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Middletown, and to enhance the aesthetic qualities of the environment by regulating the protection, maintenance, removal and planting of trees in the public right-of-way, parks, and all public property within the town, and by providing for the maintenance or removal of trees on private property when the public safety is endangered.
(B) The protection of these valuable material resources will serve to enhance the community in the following ways:
(1) Aid in the prevention of air, noise and visual pollution;
(2) Aid in the stabilization of soil;
(3) Enhance property values;
(4) Provide glare and heat protection;
(5) Enhance the aesthetics and general quality of life in the town.
(Ord. passed 4-3-95)