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The following words, terms, and phrases and their derivatives when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with context, words used in the present tense include the future and words in singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
Applicant means a person who is applying for a license or permit required by this article.
Approval means written assent from the city tree commission or the city forester pursuant to a duly executed application for approval made on a form promulgated by the city.
City forester means the municipal arborist, city forester, landscape architect, superintendent of parks, division of parks, supervisor of urban forestry operations or other qualified designated official of the city assigned to carry out the enforcement of this article.
Parks means any city public spaces designated for recreation and/or conservation.
Person means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind including public utility and city department.
Property line means the boundary between private and city-owned land.
Property owner means the person owning such property as shown by the records of the recorder of deed of the city.
Public hazard means a dead, weakened or diseased tree or one containing signs and/or symptoms of a hazard tree as described by the International Society of Arboriculture and/or Society of Municipal Arborists.
Public place means any other ground owned by the city.
Public trees means all trees now or hereafter growing on any street, park, or any other public place.
Street or highway means 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.
Tree means any living, self-supporting woody plant that has a well-defined stem with a caliper of at least 1½ inches (3.81 centimeters) at 4½ inches (1.37 meters) from the ground level.
Tree lawn means that part of a street or highway not covered by sidewalk or other paving, lying between the property line and that portion of the street or highway usually used for vehicular traffic.
Tree removal means any act that will cause a tree to die within a three-year period.
Tree well means any opening in the ground area surrounding the base of the tree trunk not covered by a sidewalk and paving. Tree well openings shall have a minimum pit size of 32 inches by 48 inches.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 14-50; Ch. 442, § I, 12-18-07)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.