935.03 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITY.

   It shall be the responsibility of the Tree Authority to develop and/or update annually a written plan for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, spacing and removal of public and street trees. Such plan will be presented annually to Council and upon their acceptance and approval, shall constitute the official comprehensive City tree plan. Implementation of the tree plan shall be the responsibility of the City Service Director or designee. Requests to vary from the plan shall be presented to the City Service Director for approval. Denial by the Service Director may be appealed to the Tree Authority.
(Ord. 2385. Passed 3-7-95.)

935.04 OPERATION.

   The City Service Director shall be responsible for implementation of the rules and regulations set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 2385. Passed 3-7-95.)

935.05 STREET TREE SPECIES TO BE PLANTED.

   The Tree Plan contains a list of the official Street Tree species for the City of Oxford. No species other than those included in this list may be planted as Street Trees without the written permission of the Service Director. The tree(s) to be planted as street trees shall have calipers of at least two (2) inches diameter at breast height (DBH), with an appropriate height of branching for the tree's species. The Tree Authority shall categorize street trees in three species size classes.

(Ord. 3189. Passed 11-20-12.)

935.06 SPACING.

   Subject to the restrictions in Section 935.07, the spacing of Street Trees will be in accordance with the three species size classes adopted by the Tree Authority, and no trees may be planted closer together than the following: Small trees, 30 feet; medium trees, 40 feet; and large trees, 50 feet; except in special plantings designed by a landscape architect and/or recommended by a licensed arborist/forester, and with the approval of the City Service Director. All newly planted street trees shall be planted equal distance between the sidewalk and the curb or the property line and the curb.

935.07 DISTANCE AND CLEARANCES.

   It is prohibited to plant a street tree less than:

   (a)   30 feet from the street corner measured from the point of the nearest intersecting curbs or curb lines;

   (b)   10 feet distance from fire hydrants;

   (c)   5 feet from alleys and driveways; and

   (d)   No street trees other than low growing species that do not attain a mature height greater than 20 feet shall be planted under or within 10 feet from overhead power lines, utility signals, street lights, utility wires, underground water and sewer pipes, and water meters.
(Ord. 2385. Passed 3-7-95.)