(A) It shall be unlawful as a practice for any person, firm, or village department to top any street trees, park trees, or other trees on public property. TOPPING is defined as the severe cutting back of limbs to stubs larger than three inches in diameter within the tree’s crown to such a degree so as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree. Trees severely damaged by storms or other causes, or certain trees under utility wires or other obstructions where other pruning practices are impractical, may be exempted from this chapter at the determination of the Village Tree Board.
(B) Topping of trees on private property is not considered a good method of pruning trees.
(Ord. 853, passed 1-20-2014) Penalty, see § 151.99