§ 93.05 PERMIT PROCEDURES, TREE PLANTING AND TYPES OF TREES TO BE PLANTED, BY ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS.
   (A)   Permit procedures. Property owners abutting the public right-of-way may be granted permission to plant street trees administratively upon review by the assigned City Planner or designee if street tree(s) are proposed on an existing tree lawn and an established road right-of-way with curb. The following information must be provided to the city:
      (1)   A request in writing is provided in the form of a city public works permit application;
      (2)   A plot plan of area referencing water and sewer lines, power lines, driveways and intersecting streets is provided;
      (3)   Approval, if granted by the city, shall be required in the form of an approved city public works permit prior to planting of the tree or trees. Fees for the permit shall be paid prior to approval by the abutting property owner; and
      (4)   A permit fee for the planting or removal of a street tree shall be established by resolution and incorporated into the land use fee schedule.
   (B)   The diagrams contained in Appendix A to this chapter display general instructions on how to plant a bare-root tree and a containerized tree.
   (C)   Tree species to be planted and minimum tree planting dimensions. The official city street tree list of acceptable species of trees, shrubs, bushes and other woody plant material, as modified below in the listings under minimum planting dimensions, shall be compiled by the Council, reviewed and adopted by the City Council in a resolution and made available to the public.
      (1)   No person, without the written permission of the city, through a city public works permit shall plant a street tree or park (monument) tree of a species other than those included on the list.
      (2)   Street tree (identified in divisions (C)(2)(a) through (C)(2)(d) below) and park (monument) tree (identified in division (C)(2)(e) below) plantings shall be restricted to the following guidelines unless division (C)(2)(k) applies:
         (a)   The following small street trees are allowed in a minimum three-foot wide parking strip, or a minimum three-foot by three-foot tree well in the Commercial Districts, with the exception of the Town Center Commercial District, with minimum 20-foot spacing between trees:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common Name
Scientific Name
Almira Norway Maple
Acer Platanoides “Almira”
Chinese Dogwood
Cornus Kousa
English Hedge Maple
Acer Campestre
Full Moon Maple
Acer juponicum
Green Leaf Maple
Acer Palmatum
LaValle Hawthorne
Crataegus Lavellei
Manchurian Maple
Acermanchuricanum
Paper Bark Maple
Acer griseum
Red Leaf Maple
Atropurpuraum
Snake Bark Maple
Acer laxiflorum
Thundercloud Plum
Prunus “Thundercloud”
These trees will grow from 18-30 feet in height.
 
         (b)   The following small street trees are allowed in a minimum four-foot wide parking strip, no closer than two feet from any curb, curb-line or sidewalk, with minimum 30-foot spacing between trees:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common Name
Scientific Name
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Pyramidal European Hornbeam
Carpinus Betulus “Pyramidal”
Pyramidal Sycamore Maple
Acer Pseudo Plantanus
Rancho Little Leaf Linden
Tilia Cordata
Red Maple Species
Acer rubrum species
Scarlet Oak
Quercus coccinea
These trees will grow from 20-35 feet in height.
 
         (c) The following medium street trees are allowed in a minimum six-foot wide parking strip, no closer than three feet from any curb, curb-line or sidewalk, with minimum 40-foot spacing between trees:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common Name
Scientific Name
Black Tupelo
Nyssa silvatica
Crimean Linden
Tilia Echlora
Flame Ash
Fraxinus Pennsylvania “Atropurpurea”
Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba
Mongolian Linden
Tilia
Norway Maple Species
Acer platanoides species
Purple Beech
Fagus riversii
Purple European Hornbeam
Carpinus
Royal Crimson Maple
Acer Platanoides “Royal Crimson”
Ruby Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus Carnea
Shade King Red Maple
Acer Rubrum “Shade King”
Vineleaf Sycamore Maple
Acer Pseudo Plantanus “Vineleaf”
These trees will grow 35-40 feet in height.
 
         (d)   The following large trees are allowed in a minimum eight-foot wide parking strip, no closer than four feet from any curb, curb line or sidewalk, with a minimum 50-foot spacing between trees:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common Name
Scientific Name
Blue Ash
Fraxinus quadrangulata
Linden Species
Tilia species
Norway Maple Cultivars
Acer platanoides
Oriental Plaintree
Plantanus orientalis
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
River Birch
Betula nigra
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharinum
Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica
These trees will grow 60-120 feet in height.
 
         (e)   The following monument trees are recommended to be planted in city parks and other public places:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common Name
Scientific Name
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Balsam Fir
Abies balamae
Big Leaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
Chinese Birch
Betula albo-sinensis
Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
English Oak
Quercus robur
Fraser Fir
Abies fraserii
Grand Fir
Abies grandis
Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Japanese Cedar
Cryptomeria japonica
Japanese Snowbell Tree
Styrax japonica
Korean Fir
Abies koreana
Lacebark Pine
Pinus bungeana
Magnolia Species
Magnolia species
Noble Fir
Abies procera
Nordmann Fir
Abies nordmanii
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Oriental Spruce
Picea orientalis
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Weeping Alaska Cedar
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Whitespire Birch
Betula platyphylos
Witch Hazel Cultivar
Hammamelis xintermedia species
Yellow Birch
Betula lutea
Yoshino Cherry
Prunus xyedoensis
Zelkova
Zelkova serrata
 
         (f)   The diagram contained in Appendix B to this chapter is an example of planting the right trees in the right place.
         (g)   Street trees and monument trees shall not be allowed closer than 20 feet from the tangent point at street intersections as described in the vision clearance areas specified in §§ 152.050(E) and 152.055;
         (h)   Small tree species within the list in division (C)(2)(a) above of acceptable species may be planted under overhead utilities.
         (i)   No trees shall be allowed within five lateral feet of underground utilities, sewer and water lines.
         (j)   In new subdivisions or when the development of commercial property occurs, the City Planner and Public Works Director shall review landscaping plans and may require street trees and monument trees to be planted in any of the streets, parking lots, parks and other public places abutting land henceforth developed and/or subdivided, prior to division (C)(2)(k) below.
         (k)   No person, without the written permission of the City Council, shall plant a street tree or a monument tree of a species other than those included on the list.
         (1)   The following trees are illegal and may not be planted in dedicated street rights-of-way or utility easements:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common Name
Scientific Name
Box Elder
Acer Negundo
Catalpas
Catalpa Species
Elms
Ulmus
Hickory
Carya Species
Holly
Ilex Species
Horse Chestnut
Aescules Hippocastanum
Lilac Species
Syringa Species
Locust Species
Robinia Species
Pines
Pinus Species
Poplar Species
Populus Species
Silver Maple
Acer Saccharinum
Spruces
Picea Species
Tree of Heaven
Ailanthus Altissima
Walnuts
Juglans Species
Willow Species
Salix Species
In general, no conifers or fruit-bearing trees may be planted in the right-of-way as street trees.
 
   (D)   Landscaping credit for street tree planting.
      (1)   The retention of trees shall be considered in the design of partitions, site plans, subdivisions or planned developments; the placement of roads and utilities shall preserve trees wherever feasible.
      (2)   The preservation of trees shall provide a basis for consideration of a landscaping credit, which can reduce the landscaping requirements described in § 152.055.
      (3)   The planting of trees in the public right-of-way shall provide a basis for consideration of a landscaping credit, which can reduce the landscaping requirements described in § 152.055.
   (E)   Tree Technical Manual. The City Council may adopt a Tree Technical Manual, and revise its contents from time to time. The Tree Technical Manual shall contain specialized, arboricultural reference materials; establish procedures and design standards required for installation, planting, grating, pruning, thinning, removal and maintenance of trees; and establish or preserve the tree and root protection zone. Any person who is required under this code or pursuant to a condition of approval of a development permit to undertake those activities or to comply with the tree and root protection zone shall comply with the requirements and procedures set forth in the Tree Technical Manual.
(Prior Code, § 93.05) (Ord. 1266, passed 4-16-2012; Ord. 1303, passed 9-8-2015)