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91/3 <br /> TREE PRESERVATION AND LANDSCAPING <br /> § 160.415 PURPOSE. <br /> The purpose of this subchapter is to identify trees and woodlots which are to be preserved in <br /> general and saved when development is occurring or at any point thereafter. It is the city's goal to <br /> ensure that development is compatible with the natural environment and is accommodated without <br /> destroying desirable environmental features and natural amenities. It is not the city's intent, however, <br /> to preserve significant trees or woodlots where substandard subdivision design, poor drainage, excess <br /> slope in streets and driveways or inefficient utility construction would result. <br /> (Prior Code, § 1127.01) <br /> § 160.416 DEFINITIONS. <br /> For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly <br /> indicates or requires a different meaning. <br /> DRIP LINE. The imaginary line at the outer edge of a tree or shrub, the point where water would drip <br /> to the ground from the outermost branches or leaves. <br /> HIGH VALUE TREES. Any tree from the list below: <br /> (1) Birches (River and Paper); <br /> (2) Black Walnut; <br /> (3) Catalpa; <br /> (4) Cherry; <br /> (5) All Firs; <br /> (6) Flowering Crabapples and Hawthorns; <br /> (7) Hackberry; <br /> (8) Hybrid American Elm; <br /> (9) Ironwood; <br /> (10) Japanese Tree Lilac; <br /> (11) All Lindens; <br /> (12) All Maples; <br /> (13) All Oaks; <br /> (14) Ohio Buckeye; <br /> (15) Pines (except Jack); and <br /> (16) All Spruce. <br /> ROOT ZONE. The area of effective tree rooting (out to the extent of the branches, plus five feet). <br /> SIGNIFICANT TREE. Any live healthy high value tree measuring eight inches in diameter or greater, <br /> measured at four and one-half feet above the ground. <br />