§ 14.12.030. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the meanings indicated:

A.

"Crown area" means the leafy part of a tree.

B.

"Cutting" means felling or removal of a tree or any procedure the result of which is to cause the death or substantial destruction of a tree. Cutting does not include normal pruning or trimming.

C.

"Department" means the Department of Planning and Zoning.

D.

"Director of Planning and Zoning" shall be read to include his/her designee.

E.

"Maintenance" and "protection" include all operations of trimming, pruning, spraying, injecting, fertilizing, treating, bracing, doing surgery work, and cutting above or below ground.

F.

"Public area" includes all public ways, public parks and other public lands except those owned or leased by the United States of America or by the State.

G.

"Public way" includes all public streets, roads, boulevards, alleys and sidewalks.

H.

"Remove" or "removal" means the actual physical removal, or the effective removal through damaging, poisoning or other direct or indirect actions resulting in, or likely to result in, the death of a tree.

I.

"Trees" and "shrubs" includes all woody vegetation.

(Ord. O-26-03 § 1 (part): Ord. O-47-96 § 1 (part): prior code § 6-66)

(Ord. No. O-12-16 Amended, § I, 5-23-2016)