CHAPTER 2.26
URBAN FORESTRY

SECTION:

2.26.010: Purpose

2.26.020: Definitions

2.26.030: Creation Of Board 1 (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.040: Eligibility For Membership (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.050: Appointments (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.060: Oath Of Office (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.070: Compensation (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.080: Vacancies (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.090: Removal From Office (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.100: Members' Ethics (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.110: Meetings (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.120: Election Of Board Officers (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.130: Committees (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.140: Attorney Duties (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.150: Powers And Duties (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)

2.26.160: Creation Of Urban Forester Position

2.26.170: Powers And Duties Of Urban Forester

2.26.180: Rules And Regulations

2.26.190: Street Trees; Private Property Owner Responsibilities

2.26.200: Street/Public Trees; Private Property Owner Requests

2.26.210: Landscape Permit For Public Right Of Way

2.26.220: Conditional Use Permits

2.26.230: Public Nuisance Defined And Designated

2.26.240: Responsibility For Public Nuisance Fixed

2.26.250: Nuisance Creation And Maintenance

2.26.260: Nuisance Abatement

2.26.270: Notice To Abate

2.26.280: Expense Of Abatement; Responsibility Of Offender

2.26.290: Abuse Or Mutilation Of Public Trees

2.26.300: Protection Of Public Trees Near Construction Activities

2.26.310: Tree Topping

 

Notes

1	1. See chapter 2.94 of this title.

2.26.010: PURPOSE:

The city council and mayor of the city recognize the importance of the urban forest to the quality of life in the city. The city council and mayor declare it to be a policy of the city that city property be landscaped to enhance the natural beauty of the city; that the responsibilities of city departments be coordinated to encourage quality landscaping; that landscaped city property be effectively managed; that the street environment be made hospitable through landscaping; and that residents of the city be encouraged to participate in beautification efforts through installing and maintaining quality landscaping on private property. To fulfill this policy, this chapter is enacted and intended to establish a Salt Lake City urban forestry ordinance. This chapter may be referred to as the SALT LAKE CITY URBAN FORESTRY ORDINANCE. (Ord. 75-88 § 1, 1988: prior code § 25-29-1)

2.26.020: DEFINITIONS:

For the purpose of this chapter the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings given in this section:

PARKING/PLANTING STRIP:	The area between the curb and sidewalk and the area between sidewalk and private property line that is city owned property; unpaved streetside city property; or an area inside the private property line where an easement is given to the city for the purpose of planting trees.
PRIVATE TREES:	Any and all trees growing on private property within the city limits as of or after the effective date of the ordinance from which this section or successor sections derives and that are not defined or designated in this chapter as street trees, park trees or public trees.
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY:	A portion of property reserved for public use and accepted for such use by the city to provide circulation and travel to abutting properties, including, but not limited to, streets, alleys, sidewalks, provisions for public utilities, cut and fill slopes, and open public spaces.
PUBLIC TREES:	All trees growing on any street, park, or any public place owned and/or managed by Salt Lake City as of or after the effective date of this chapter or its successor ordinances.
PUBLIC UTILITY:	Any public, private or cooperatively owned line, facility or system for producing, transmitting or distributing communications, power, electricity, light, heat, gas, oil products, water, waste or storm water, that directly or indirectly serves the public or any part thereof within the corporate limits of the city.
TREE TOPPING:	The specific reduction in the overall size of a tree and/or the severe cutting back of branches or limbs to such a degree so as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree.
URBAN FORESTER:	The city urban forester who is selected by the director of the department of public lands to that position in the department of public lands.
URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM:	The program that is a part of the department of public lands and that is responsible for the care and maintenance of the urban forest resources located on city property. (Ord. 31-21, 2021: Ord. 45-93 § 4, 1993: Ord. 75-88 § 1, 1988: prior code § 25-29-2)