A. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a comprehensive urban forest management system that will optimize forest related public benefits, increase public awareness of the benefit of our urban forest, integrate the proper planting and maintenance of street and park trees with other urban elements and amenities, increase public safety and the general welfare, and maximize and maintain the aesthetic quality of the city urban forest resource. Both public and private trees add value to Ogden City and the quality of life of its residents. Conservation of this value in the form of resource preservation is desirable for the community of Ogden. The value of trees is manifest in their beauty, the ability to prevent erosion of topsoil, provide protection against flood hazards and risk of landslides, counteract pollutants in the air, sequester carbon, maintain climatic balance, decrease wind velocities, produce oxygen, and increase property value. In order to maximize these benefits, it is the intent of this chapter to regulate the selection, planting, pruning, treatment and removal of trees within Ogden City in order to retain as many healthy trees as possible consistent with the purpose of this section and the reasonable use of private property.
B. This chapter shall apply to all "park trees" and "street trees", as defined herein, as well as to those trees and shrubs located on private property that have become a "public nuisance", as defined herein.
(Ord. 2016-13, 3-1-2016)