(A) Large trees (50 feet minimum).
(1) Marmo Freeman Maple.
(2) Sugar Maple (Legacy, Green Mountain or Commemoration).
(3) Oak (Bur, White or Red).
(4) American Beech (Samara tin).
(5) Sweetgum.
(B) Medium trees (30 feet to 40 feet).
(1) Ginko (male only).
(2) American Hornbeam.
(3) Buckeye.
(C) Small trees (Up to 30 feet).
(1) Traditional serviceberry.
(2) Winter King Green Hawthorne.
(3) Prairifire Crabapple.
(4) Canada Red Flowering Cherry.
(D) Trees to avoid planting in city tree lawn.
(1) Lombardy Poplar - fast growing subject to canker disease and die within 15 years.
(2) White Birch - Bronze birch borer, life span ten years.
(3) Mountain Ash - short life span, susceptible to disease.
(4) Sycamore - too messy, suffers Anthracnose.
(5) Elms - Dutch Elm disease.
(6) Pin Oak - Iron Chlorosis.
(7) Silver Maple - too weak.
(8) Willow - invasive root system, requires too much water.
(9) Pines, spruce, evergreen - obstruct view of street.
(10) Russian Olive - Stem canker disease.
(11) River Birch - requires too much water.
(‘79 Code, § 16-2) (Ord. 12-1990, passed 5-22-90; Am. Ord. 24-1997, passed 8-26-97; Am. Ord. 14-2010, passed 12-14-10; Am. Ord. 03-2014, passed 5-27-14; Am. Ord. 10-2017, passed 10-24-17)