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<br /> <br /> <br />1127.01: PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to identify trees and woodlots <br />which are to be preserved in general and saved when development is occurring or at <br />any point thereafter. It is the City’s goal to ensure that development is compatible with <br />the natural environment and is accommodated without destroying desirable <br />environmental features and natural amenities. It is not the City’s intent, however, to <br />preserve significant trees or woodlots where substandard subdivision design, poor <br />drainage, excess slope in streets and driveways or inefficient utility construction would <br />result. <br /> <br /> <br />1127.02: DEFINITIONS: When used in this Chapter, the following words and <br />phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the <br />context clearly indicates a different meaning: <br /> <br />DRIP LINE: The imaginary line at the outer edge of a tree or shrub, the point where <br />water would drip to the ground from the outermost branches or leaves. <br /> <br />HIGH VALUE TREES: Any tree from the list below. <br /> <br />ƒ Birches (River & Paper) <br />ƒ Black Walnut <br />ƒ Catalpa <br />ƒ Cherry <br />ƒ All Firs <br />ƒ Flowering Crabapples & <br />Hawthorns <br />ƒ Hackberry <br />ƒ Hybrid American Elm <br />ƒ Ironwood <br />ƒ Japanese Tree Lilac <br />ƒ All Lindens <br />ƒ All Maples <br />ƒ All Oaks <br />ƒ Ohio Buckeye <br />ƒ Pines (except Jack) <br />ƒ All Spruce <br /> <br /> <br />ROOT ZONE: That area of effective tree rooting (out to the extent of the branches plus <br />5 five feet). <br /> <br />SIGNIFICANT TREE: A significant tree is defined as any live healthy High Value tree <br />measuring eight (8) inches in diameter or greater, measured at 4.5 feet above the <br />ground. <br /> <br />SPECIMEN TREE: Any High Value Tree over 16 inches in diameter, or any other <br />species over 30 inches in diameter. <br /> <br />TREE CROWN: The upper part of a tree, including the branches and leaves. <br /> <br />WOODLOT: An area of trees of significant or specimen size on at least twenty-five (25) <br />percent of the total lot area. <br /> <br />