(A) Street trees are trees, shrubs, bushes and all other woody vegetation on land lying between property lines on either side of all streets, highways, avenues, alleys or ways, or which overhang any streets, highways, avenues, alleys, sidewalks or ways within the town.
(B) The tree lawn is that area of land between a parcel of privately owned property and any road, street or highway, but which is actually included within the road, street or highway right-of-way.
(C) Winamac Tree Committee shall recommend to the Town Council, which shall adopt the street tree planting specifications, the official street tree species for the town. The specifications shall also contain the minimum distances between the trees and other trees and structures which must be followed for the planting of any tree under this chapter. The tree planting specifications may be amended by the Town Council from time to time.
(D) No species other than those included in the list may be planted on the tree lawn without written permission of Winamac Tree Committee.
(E) The spacing of street trees will be in accordance with the tree planting specifications, and no trees shall be planted closer to another tree or structure, except as recommended in the specifications, except in special plantings designed or approved by a landscape architect or forester, and then approved by Winamac Tree Committee.
(Ord. 15, 1999, passed 12-13-1999; Am. Ord. 3 of 2015, passed 6-5-2015; Am. Ord. 4 of 2016, passed 4-11-2016)