For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any automobile, motor truck, motorcycle, house trailer, trailer, moped, ATV, UTV and any vehicle propelled by the power other than muscular.
PARK TREES. Any trees, shrubs, bushes and all other woody vegetation in any public park or in any area owned by the city, subject to the sight distance requirements herein after set forth.
PEST. Any organism, insect, rodent, fungus, virus, bacteria, or other agent that causes damage, abnormal growth, or mortality of any shrub, bush or other woody vegetation.
PROPERTY LINE. The property as platted.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. The entire area between property boundaries which is owned by a government, dedicated to public use, or designated as and publicly maintained, in whole or in part, for such use. RIGHT-OF-WAY includes without limitation the public street, shoulder, gutter, curb, sidewalk, sidewalk area, parking or parking strip, and any other public way.
TOPPING. The severe cutting back of limbs to stubs larger than six inches in diameter within the tree's crown to such a degree so as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree.
(Ord. passed 7-31-2019)