(A) Spraying.
(1) Suitable precautions shall be taken to protect and warn the public that spraying is being done.
(2) Spraying shall be done only for the control of specific diseases or insects, with the proper materials in the necessary strength, and applied at the proper time to obtain the desired control. All spraying practices shall conform to federal and state regulations.
(3) Dormant oil sprays shall not be applied to sugar maple, Japanese maple, beech, flowering dogwood, hickory, walnut, and most crabapple trees. Dormant oil sprays shall be applied only when the air temperature is at least 40° F. for a period of 24 hours after spraying.
(B) Fertilization.
(1) Fertilization of public trees shall follow the recommendations of the Natural History Survey or other accepted arboricultural standards.
(2) Methods of application of fertilizers shall be specified by the Village Maintenance Supervisor.
(C) Cavities. Extensive cavity work should be performed on trees only if they are of sufficiently high value to justify the cost. All cavity work shall conform to the National Arborist Association or other acceptable arboricultural standards.
(D) Cabling and bracing.
(1) As a general rule, cables should be located above the crotch at a point approximately two-thirds of the distance between the crotch and tops of the branch ends. Rust-resistant cables, thimbles, and lags should be used. The ends of a cable should be attached to hooks or eyes of lags or bolts inserted near the ends of the branches; thimbles must be used in the eye splice in each end of the cable. In no instance shall cable be wrapped around a branch.
(2) All cabling and bracing practices with screw rods shall follow National Arborist Association or other accepted arboricultural standards.
(Ord. 96-2, passed 4-2-1996) Penalty, see § 92.99