The following definitions apply in this chapter.

City property means real property owned or controlled by the City, including rights-of-way administered by the City.

Crown means the leaves and branches of a tree from the lowest branch on the trunk to the top of the tree.

Damage means injury to a tree that compromises its health or longevity, or causes its death, including direct or indirect injury caused by insect, disease, human or animal.

DBH means diameter measured at a point four and one-half feet above ground level.

Hazardous tree means a tree or tree part that has a high potential to fail and cause damage or injury to people or property.

Major pruning means the removal of over 20 percent of a tree’s crown.

Pruning means the selective removal of plant parts to meet specific goals and objectives.

Topping means cutting a stem more than two years old at an indiscriminate location or back to a lateral branch too small to keep the cut stem vital (typically less than one-third the diameter of the cut stem).

Tree means a woody perennial plant that has attained or will attain a height of 12 feet or a trunk diameter of at least two inches at four and one-half feet above natural grade.

Tree Board means the City Council or designee.

Urban Forest Management Plan means a management plan for trees on City property and in public rights-of-way administered by the City. The plan has two components, a long-term plan and an annual work plan. [Ord. NS-2182, 2012]