§ 7-3.01. Intent.

It is the policy of the City to regulate the planting and maintenance of appropriate trees and shrubs in the public places and street areas of the City to provide visual unity and continuity in the streetscape and for the enhancement of beauty, erosion control, and vehicular and pedestrian traffic safety. The provisions of this chapter are deemed necessary for the proper coordination of public landscaping with the preservation of views, the maintenance of street trees and shrubs and the resources therefor, and the avoidance of conflicts with long-range landscaping maintenance. It is intended that City street trees and shrubs be planted and maintained in such a manner that the City's commitment to creating and maintaining the urban forest would be recognized by designation as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. It is further intended that the provisions of this chapter assign responsibility for developing and implementing an annual tree management plan for the City's public trees, and to encourage the promotion of a stewardship program.

(§ 1, Ord. 1020, eff. June 10, 2002, § 9000, S.V.M.C., as added by § 1, Ord. 204)