(A) The purposes of the tree preservation standards and regulations established in this chapter are to promote clean air quality, to reduce noise, heat and glare, to improve surface drainage and minimize flooding, to provide visual buffers, to beautify and enhance both improved and undeveloped areas, to advance the aesthetic quality of the community, to maintain property values and the quality of life in the city and to promote the public health, safety and welfare through the preservation and replacement of each tree.
(B) In this chapter, procedures are established designed to reasonably meet these objectives.
(Ord. 52-1990, passed 9-19-90)