§ 90.07 UNDESIRABLE TREE SPECIES.

   (A)   Some trees have characteristics that make them unacceptable for use in public rights-of-way and are not recommended for street trees in § 90.11 of this chapter.

   (B)   Undesirable traits for street tree plantings include:

      (1)   Disease or insect problems;

      (2)   Dirty, drooping branches, objectionable fruit or bark;

      (3)   Weak-wooded, apt to lose large branches in wind or with age;

      (4)   Unpredictable or irregular habits;

      (5)   Root problems, shallow and destructive roots; or

      (6)   Unsafe, dangerously thorny or poisonous.

(Ord. 528-03, passed 12-1-2003)