For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASSOCIATED WITH A PROPOSAL FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT. Shall apply to any land area for which an application for an entitlement, other than for a zone clearance, has been filed with and is pending consideration by the city or land zoned for further development. If such entitlement has been approved but the related project or applicable phase thereof has not been completed, the city shall attempt to work with the applicant to save as many trees which are protected by this subchapter as possible.
DIAMETER. That area equal to the full breadth of the tree measured on the tree's trunk at four and one half feet from its basal root crown. Limb diameter is measured at the trunk.
DIRECTOR. In a matter involving private property, means the Planning Director. DIRECTOR, in a matter involving public property or property to be dedicated for public use, means the Director of Public Works.
DRIPLINE. The outermost edge of the tree's canopy. When depicted on a map, the dripline will appear as an irregular shaped circle that follows the contour of the tree's branches as seen from overhead.
HERITAGE OR HISTORIC TREE. A living tree designated by resolution of the City Council following a public hearing as a heritage or historic tree because of an association with some event or person of historical significance to the community or because of special recognition due to size, rareness, condition, aesthetic or unusual qualities that add to the heritage of the community.
LOT. An area of land created or established for purposes of sale, lease, finance, division of interest or separate use, separated from other lands by description on a final map or parcel map.
MATURE TREE. Any other (non-oak or sycamore) single-trunked tree species equal to or greater than 12 inches in diameter as measured four and one-half feet above the root crown, or, in the case of a tree with more than one trunk, any such tree for which the sum of its two largest trunks equals or is greater than 14½ inches as measured four and one-half feet above the root crown. MATURE TREE shall apply to trees on public property or associated with a proposal for urban development or on land zoned for further development, but shall not apply to any tree grown or held for sale in a licensed nursery, nor to the first removal transplanting of a tree pursuant to the operation of a licensed nursery business.
NATIVE OAK TREE. A living tree of the genus Quercus and species lobata, agrifolia, dumosa or hybrids thereof.
OAK TREE (OR HYBRIDS THEREOF). Any single-trunked living tree of the Quercus genus and species lobata, agrifolia, dumosa, equal to or greater than five and one-half inches in diameter as measured four and one-half feet above the root crown, or, in the case of an oak with more than one trunk, any such tree for which the sum of its two largest trunks equals or is greater than seven and one-half inches as measured four and one-half feet above the root crown. OAK TREE shall not apply to any tree grown or held for sale in a licensed nursery, nor to the first removal or transplanting of a tree pursuant to the operation of a licensed nursery business.
PRUNING AND/OR TRIMMING. The cutting of any limb or branch.
ROOT CROWN. That portion of a tree trunk from which roots extend laterally into the ground.
SYCAMORE TREE. Any tree of the Platanus genus equal to or greater than 25 inches in circum- ference as measured four and one-half feet above the root crown, or, in the case of a sycamore with more than one trunk, any such tree with a circumference of any two trunks of at least 32 inches as measured four and one-half feet above the root crown. SYCAMORE TREE shall not apply to any tree grown or held for sale in a licensed nursery, nor to the first removal or transplanting of a tree pursuant to the operation of a licensed nursery business.
('81 Code, § 17.56.040) (Ord. 954, passed - -92)