As used within this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth in the section:
(a) Tree.
(1) Shall mean any living plant with needles or scale-type leaves that has a well defined stem or stems with a diameter of at least six (6) inches at 4 1/2 feet from the surface from the ground.
(2) Any living, self-supporting wood broad leaf plant that has a well-defined stem or stems with a diameter of at least two (2) inches at 4 1/2 feet from the surface of the ground.
(3) Any living self-supporting woody plant that has a well-defined stem or stems which as been intentionally cultivated and established.
(b) Public trees shall include all trees now or hereafter growing on any street, park or any other public site.
(c) Streets, Alleys, Highways or Ways shall mean the entire width of every public way or right-of-way when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
(d) Property Line shall mean the legal boundary line between private and City owned land.
(e) Tree Lawn shall mean that part of a street not covered by a sidewalk or other paving, lying between the property line and that portion of the street usually used for vehicular traffic.
(f) Property Owner shall mean that person owing such property as shown by the County Auditor's Plat of Summit County, State of Ohio.
(g) Large Trees are designated as those attaining a height of sixty (60) feet or more.
(h) Medium Trees are designated as those attaining a height of thirty five (35) to sixty (60) feet.
(i) Small Trees designated as those under thirty five (35) feet.
(j) Remove or Removal shall mean the removal of all above and below ground parts, including the stump and roots.
(k) Diameter at Breast height. (D.B.H.) shall mean a tree's diameter in inches measured by a diameter tape at 4 1/2 feet from the surface of the ground. On trees having multiple stems, the largest diameter stem will be measured.
(1) Parks shall include any City public spaces designated for recreation and/or conservation.
(m) Public Site shall include any other ground owned by the City.
(n) Dripline shall mean the approximately circular vertical extension to the ground of the outer most branches and/or leaves of the tree as an indication of the spread of the root system.
(o) Hazard Zone of a tree is the area inside a circle whose radius is equal to the height of the tree, the center being the trunk.
(Ord. 184-1996. Passed 12-17-96.)