For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ARBORIST. A person with expertise and training in the care of trees.
CALIPER. The CALIPER of a tree shall be determined at six inches above the soil line.
CITY MANAGER. The appointed or acting City Manager, or his or her designee.
CONTRACTOR. Any person or entity hired by a private citizen, business, not within the employ of the city, who or which is hired for the purpose of providing a specific service.
CROWN REDUCTION. The directional pruning of a tree to mitigate problems caused by excessive growth.
DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH). The DBH of a tree shall be determined at four and one-half feet from the ground.
MUNICIPALITY. The City of Silverton.
PARK. Public parks having individual names and all undeveloped areas with trees, plants, and/or vegetation owned by the city.
PLANTS. Plants other than trees or vegetation.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. All real estate within the City of Silverton except real estate that is owned, leased, controlled, or occupied by the City of Silverton.
PROPERTY OWNER. Any one or more of the following:
(1) The owner or owners in fee simple of a parcel of real estate, or a life tenant of such realty, if any; or
(2) The record owner or owners as reflected by current records in the Hamilton County Auditor’s Office; or
(3) The purchaser or purchasers of such real estate under any contract for the conditional sale thereof.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any park, street, median, developed or undeveloped municipally owned property, or public right-of-way dedicated to the municipality.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. A public easement that extends from the street into a portion of the property on either side of that street or roadway.
PUBLIC TREES. All trees located within publicly owned parks or on municipal properties and those trees located within all public rights-of-way in the city, including street trees.
SERVICE DIRECTOR. The Director, Foreman, or Coordinator of the City Service Department, or its successor department.
STREET. A public road or public alley located within the city.
STREET TREES. Trees that abut a street or public place for which the planting site and trunk are located within the public right-of-way.
TREE. Any self-supporting woody plant usually having one main trunk which produces a more or less distinct and elevated head with many branches and a DBH of two inches or more.
TREE LAWN. That portion of the property lying between the edge of the public right-of-way and the edge of the paved street.
TREE TOPPING. 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/or disfigure the tree.
URBAN FOREST. All trees, shrubs, and vegetation on public and private property within the city’s corporate boundaries.
UTILITY. Any water, sewer, gas, drainage or culvert pipe, electric power, telecommunications signal, communication or cable television conduit, fiber, wire, cable system or operator thereof.
UTILITY PROVIDER. Any natural or corporate person, business association or other business entity including, but not limited to, a partnership, a sole proprietorship, a political subdivision, or a public or private agency of any kind, which owns or operates a system supplying and/or carrying a utility.
VEGETATION. Shrubs, bushes, and other woody plants that usually remain low and produce shoots or stems from the base and are not usually tree-like or single stemmed.
(Ord. 07-3235, passed 1-18-07)