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14 <br />CHAPTER 1127 <br />TREE PRESERVATION & LANDSCAPING <br />SECTION: <br />1127.01: <br />Purpose <br />1127.02: <br />Definitions <br />1127.03: <br />General Tree Protection Requirements <br />1127.04: <br />Tree Removal on Lots without Construction or Grading Permits <br />1127.05: <br />Landscaping <br />1127.06 <br />Appeal Process <br />1127.07 <br />Violation and Penalties <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 will <br />result. <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 />SIGNIFICANT TREE: a significant tree is defined as any live healthy tree measuring <br />eight (8) inches in diameter or greater, measured at 4.5 feet above the ground. <br />SPECIMEN TREE: any species over 16 inches in diameter. <br />HIGH VALUE TREES: Any tree from the list below, at least eight (8) inches in diameter. <br />■ Birches (River & Paper) <br />■ Cherry <br />■ All Firs <br />■ Flowering Crabapples <br />■ Hackberry <br />■ Ironwood <br />■ Japanese Tree Lilac <br />■ All Lindens <br />■ All Maples <br />■ All Oaks <br />■ Ohio Buckeye <br />■ Pines (except Jack) <br />■ All Spruce <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 />