ANSI A300: The "American National Standard For Tree Care Operations - Tree, Shrub And Other Woody Plant Maintenance - Standard Practices". This document outlines basic national performance standards for tree pruning and maintenance. It was first published in 1995 and revised in 2002 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER: Any person(s) owning property adjacent to public rights of way.
ARBORICULTURE: The management of trees including planting, pruning, watering, fertilizing, removal or any other action which affects the healthy growth and maintenance of trees.
COMMUNITY FOREST: The collective masses of trees found within a city's boundaries, including both publicly and privately owned trees.
CRITICAL ROOT ZONE: The area under a tree extending from the base of a tree in all directions to an imaginary line ten feet (10') outside of the drip line.
DISEASE: A process that causes anatomical disruptions, physiological dysfunctions, and energy disruptions that lead to decline and/or death of an organism or any of its parts.
HAZARD TREE: Any tree or part thereof (public or private) that poses a high risk (upon fracture or failure) for damage or injury to property, power lines, or people.
PERMIT: Written approval issued by the city and required for any activity above or below ground that may impact the canopy or the critical root zone of any public tree.
PEST: Any insect, disease, animal or other organism that causes harm or damage to trees.
PRIVATE TREE: Any tree whose trunk is located entirely on or within the legal boundaries of a property, which is owned by private individuals or organizations.
PROPERTY OWNER: The recorded owner or contract purchaser of any parcel of land.
PRUNING: The practice of managing tree health according to the national standards as set forth in ANSI A300 and the "Twin Falls City Arboricultural Specifications And Standards Guide".
PUBLIC NUISANCE: See section 8-4-8 of this chapter.
PUBLIC PROPERTY: Real property owned, managed, or leased to the city and dedicated to the public for present or future use.
PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY: Improved or unimproved public property owned by, dedicated to, or deeded to the public or public's use, for the purpose of providing vehicular, pedestrian and other public use. Such public property provides circulation and travel to abutting properties and includes, but is not limited to, streets, alleys, sidewalks, landscaping, provisions for public utilities, cut and fill slopes, and open public space.
PUBLIC SAFETY: The condition of being safe from bodily harm or injury and/or property damage resulting from tree conditions and/or failures while using public property.
PUBLIC TREE: Any tree whose trunk is located partly or in whole on public property.
STREET TREE: Trees located on a public right of way between the private property line and the curb and/or edge of pavement adjacent to a city street, alley, avenue, boulevard, or public rights of way in street medians within the city.
TOPPING: The removal of the top portion of the leader stem(s). "Rounding", "heading back" or any other term demonstrated by severe cutting back of limbs within a tree crown to laterals, stubs, or buds that are not large enough to assume a terminal (leader) role is also considered "topping".
TREE: Any perennial woody plant that generally grows taller than twelve feet (12') and branches several feet above the ground from the stem or trunk of the plant.
TREE COMMISSION: See section 2-8-1 of this code. (Ord. 2791, 7-6-2004)