The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them in this section.
(a) "Curblawn or treelawn" means that part of a street or highway, not covered by sidewalk or other paving, lying between the property line and that portion of the street or highway usually used for vehicular traffic.
(b) "Damage" means any act which would change the natural shape which is typical to the species.
(c) "D.B.H." means the "Diameter at Breast Height", a standard forestry measurement of flora taken at four feet above ground line. The D.B.H. for a multi-stemmed plant shall be considered a combination of all the trunk diameters.
(d) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, Grounds Department, City Forestry Department or other department which is authorized by the City Manager to administer this chapter.
(e) "Flora" means all trees, shrubbery and other plants which grow to a height greater than twelve inches, but expressly excluding broadleaf weeds.
(f) "Municipal property" means all public streets, curblawns, alleyways, parkways, Municipal parking lots, parks, cemeteries, reservoirs or other property under the control or jurisdiction of the City.
(g) "National Arborist Association Standards" means the set of standards prepared by the National Arborist Society, copyright 1983.
(h) "Occupant" means the person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, unincorporated organization, religious or charitable organization or any owners, persons or entities who are from time to time in possession of or exercising dominion and control over any house or other structure located on private property.
(i) "Owner" means any one or more of the following:
(1) The owner or owners of a fee simple parcel of real estate, including the life tenant or tenants;
(2) The record owner or owners as reflected by the most current records in the office of the County Auditor, Tax Map Department, in which the real estate is located; or
(3) The purchaser or purchasers of such real estate under any contract for the conditional sale thereof.
(j) "Persons" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, unincorporated organization, religious or charitable organization, or any owner, person, persons or entities.
(k) "Precut or precutting" means the removal of the branch at least six inches beyond the finished cut to prevent splitting into the parent stem or branches.
(l) "Private property" means all real estate within the County, except real estate that is owned, leased, controlled or occupied by the Federal Government, the State, the County, the incorporated City or any department or agencies thereof.
(m) "Prune, pruning, trimor trimming" means the removal of dead, dying diseased live interfering, objectionable and weak branches in a scientific manner.
(n) "Tree" means, when used by itself, any woody, perennial plant and includes those having a single main trunk or stem which grows to a minimum height of over fifteen feet.
(Ord. 87-1AC CMS. Passed 2-2-87.)