§ 98.12. STREET TREE SPECIES TO BE PLANTED.

(A) Official street tree species. The following list constitutes the official street tree species for the city. No species other than those included in this list may be planted as street trees without written permission of the City Tree Board.

(1) Small trees. Cherries Flowering (sp.), Crabapple Flowering (sp.), Dogwood Flowering (sp.), Golden Rain Tree, Hawthorne (sp.), Pear (Bradford), Redbud, and Plum (Purpleleaf).

(2) Medium trees. Hackberry, Honeylocust (Thornless), Linden or Basswood (sp.), Oak (English), Birch (River), White Birch, and Sweet Gum.

(3) Large trees. Ginkgo, Grey Ash, Maple (Hard), Pecan, Red Maple, White Ash, Yellow Poplar, and Red Oak.

(B) Spacing. The spacing of street trees will be in accordance with the three species size classes listed in division (A) above and no trees may be planted closer together than the following: small trees, 30 feet; medium trees, 40 feet; and large trees, 50 feet; except in special plantings designed or approved by a landscape architect.

(C) Distance from curb and sidewalk. The distance trees may be planted from curbs or curblines will be in accordance with the three species size classes listed in § 98.12(A) and no trees may be planted closer to any curb than the following: small trees, two feet; medium trees, three feet; and large trees, four feet, and no tree may be planted closer to any sidewalk than one foot.

(D) Distance from street corners and fireplugs. No street tree shall be planted closer than 35 feet from any street corner, measured from the point of nearest intersecting curbs or curblines. No street tree shall be planted closer than ten feet from any fireplug.

(E) Utilities. No street trees other than those species listed as small trees in § 98.12(A) may be planted under or within ten lateral feet of any overhead utility wire, or over or within five lateral feet of any underground water line, sewer line, transmission line or other utility.

(Ord. 35-1989, passed 12-12-89) Penalty, see § 98.99