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The purpose of this chapter is to promote community health, safety and welfare by protecting natural vegetation, and setting development standards for landscaping, street trees, fences and walls. Together, these elements of the natural and built environment contribute to the visual quality, environmental health and character of the community. Trees provide climate control through shading during summer months and wind screening during winter. Trees reduce stormwater runoff and are a valuable component of the City’s infrastructure. Trees and other plants also buffer pedestrians from traffic. Walls, fences, trees and other landscape materials provide vital screening and buffering between land uses. Landscaped areas help to control surface water drainage by capturing rainwater within their canopies and can improve air and water quality. [Ord. NS-2016, 2006]