For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ARBORIST. An individual engaged in the profession of arboriculture who, through experience, education, and related training, possesses the competence to provide for or supervise the management of trees and other woody plants.
CITY. The City of Windy Hills, Kentucky.
CITY ARBORIST. A certified licensed arborist retained by the city for the purpose of advising and assisting the Tree Board, Mayor, and City Council.
OWNER. A person who is the owner of record of a dwelling in the city.
PARK TREE. A tree located within the city’s parks, open areas, landscaped areas, open lawn areas, and recreational areas.
PRUNE. To trim a tree, shrub, or bush by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems for the health of the plant.
PUBLIC SHRUBS OR BUSHES. Any low vegetation located within the public right-of-way, within the city’s parks, open areas, landscaped areas, open lawn areas, and recreational areas.
PUBLIC TREE. A street tree or a park tree.
REMOVE or REMOVAL. The actual removal of a tree by digging up, cutting down, or the effective removal through damage.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The total width of a street and its easements. For an individual owner, the space between his, her, or their property line and the street pavement.
STREET TREE. A tree located within the public street right-of-way.
SWALE. A depression or shallow ditch in a right-of-way for drainage of water.
TOPPING. The severe cutting back of limbs to stubs within the tree’s crown to such a degree so as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree.
TREE. A self-supporting, woody plant of a species that normally, in the area, grows at maturity to an overall height of a minimum of 15 feet.
TRIM. To cut a tree, shrub, or bush to alter its shape or volume.
UTILITIES. Public utility, commercial, and private lines and pipelines, including, but not limited to: overhead electric wires; television and communication cables; guy wires; underground water; gas; sewer drainage; communication and power lines; and pipelines.
(Ord. 12-04, passed 10-8-2012)