§ 96.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:

   ARBORIST. A person qualified in the planting, maintenance, protection, control and removal of trees.

   PUBLIC AREA. Parks, playgrounds, or other property owned, leased, or controlled by the city and street, alley, sidewalk, or other public rights-of-way.

   SHRUB. A low, usually several-stemmed, woody plant.

   TREE. A woody perennial plant having a single, usually elongated main stem generally with few or no branches on its lower part.

   TREE COMMITTEE. The committee set up by the City Commission and whose organization is described in Ordinance No. 11-76 and in §§ 32.075 through 32.077 of this code.

   TREE LAWN. That part of the roadway right-of-way lying between the property line and that portion of the roadway used for vehicular traffic.

   TREE TOPPING. The removal and/or disfigurement of a tree's normal canopy as a result of cutting back large limbs within the tree's crown.

(‘97 Code, § 99.01) (Ord. 8-78, passed 3-20-78; Am. Ord. 9-13, passed 7-16-13)