As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
(a) “Street trees” are herein defined as trees, shrubs and all other woody vegetation on land lying between property lines on either side of all streets, avenues or rights of way within the Village.
(b) “Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
(c) “Street or highway” means the entire width of every public right of way when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for the purpose of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and shall include alleys.
(d) “Public places” shall include all other grounds owned by the Village of New Washington.
(e) “Treelawn” means that part of a street or highway lying between the property line and that portion of the street or highway usually used for vehicular traffic.
(f) “Property owner” means the person owning such property as shown by the County Auditor’s plat of the Village of New Washington, Crawford County, Ohio, including the executor, administrator, or beneficiary of the estate of a deceased owner.
(g) “Tree” means a tall growing woody plant with one or more perennial main stems or trunk which develops branches from the aerial section of the stem rather than the base capable of being pruned to provide at least six feet of clear branchless trunk below the crown within five years of planting.
(h) “Shrub” means a low growing woody plant with one or several perennial main stems producing branches, shoots, or multiple stems from or near the base of the plant and incapable of being pruned to provide at least six feet of clear branchless truck within five years of planting.
(i) “Evergreen” means any tree that retains its green living foliage the entire year.
(Ord. 755. Passed 12-14-98.)