All parkways within the dedicated street right-of-way shall be final graded with a minimum of six inches (6") of topsoil and sodded in an approved manner. The minimum gradient of all parkways shall be two percent (2%) and the maximum shall be eight percent (8%).
The subdivider, developer, or contractor shall provide and plant healthy and properly pruned trees along all streets at a rate of one tree per lot, provided that the lot width is seventy five feet (75') or less. If the lot width is greater than seventy five feet (75') the subdivider shall provide and plant two (2) trees per lot. Corner lot plantings, trees shall be planted at least twenty feet (20') from the street intersection property corner. Corner lot planting on private property or public property shall within a certain triangular area be trimmed to a height of thirty inches (30") or less above the elevation of the nearest street centerline elevation. Said triangular area shall be described by the right-of-way lines of the two (2) intersecting streets extended, and a third line intersecting the right-of-way lines at points twenty feet (20') from the right-of-way line intersection. Corner lots shall have a minimum of one tree on each frontage measuring seventy five feet (75') or less and a minimum of two (2) trees on each frontage greater than seventy five feet (75').
All tree plantings within the right-of-way shall be completed through the Village's Tree Consortium.
Prohibited tree species are as follows:
Aspen
Black locust
Black willow
Box elder
Buckthorn
Chinese elm
Corkscrew willow
Cottonwood
Mulberry
Osage orange
Persimmon
Poplar
Russian olive
Siberian elm
Silver maple
Tree of Heaven
Permitted tree species are as follows:
Allegheny serviceberry
American beech
American hornbeam
Amur maple
Apple serviceberry
Bald cypress
Bitternut hickory
Black cherry
Black maple
Blue ash
Burr oak
Common hackberry
Crabapple
Downy serviceberry
Eastern redbud
English oak
European beech
European black alder
European hornbeam
Freeman maple
Ginko (male only)
Green ash
Honey locust
Horsechestnut
Japanese tree lilac
Japanese zelkova
Kentucky coffeetree
Larch
Littleleaf linden
Ohio buckeye
Ornamental pear
Pin oak
Red maple
Red oak
Redmond linden
Regal elm
River birch
Shagbark hickory
Silver linden
Sugar maple
Swamp white oak
Tulip tree
Turkish filbert
White ash
White oak
All landscaping within the right-of-way shall be in accordance with the final landscaping plan approved by the Village Board as part of the planned development or subdivision application. (Ord. 2018-02-20, 2-20-2018)