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GANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING EXISTING TREES & VEGETATION
I. PURPOSES
The purposes of these requirements are to establish rules
and regulations governing the protection of trees and vegetative
cover within the limits of The Reserve to encourage the
proliferation of trees and vegetation within The Reserve as well
as their replacement, in recognition of their im portance and
their meaningful contribution to a healthy, beautiful and safer
comm unity attributable to their carbon dioxide absorbtion, oxyqen
production, dust filtration, wind and noise reduction, soil
erosian prevention, surface drainage improvement, beautification
and aesthetic enhancement of improved and vacant lands, and the
qeneral promotion of the health, safety, welfare and well beinq
of the community.
II. DEFINITIONS
(a) BUIGDABLE-AREA shall be defined to mean that portion of
a building site exclusive of the requited yard areas on which a
structure or building improvements may be erected.
(b) DRIP LINE is a vertical line run through the outermost
portion of the crown of a tree and extending to the gtound
provided, however, that the same shall be not less than a ten
(10) foot diameter circle which is drawn from the center of the
trunk of a tree.
(c) RE~fOVAG shall be defined to include any intentional or
negligent act which will cause a tree to decline and die within a
period of three {3) years, including but not limited to such
damage inflicted on the root system of a tree by the operation of
heavy machinery; the change of the natural qrade above the root
system of a tree or around the trunk of a tree; and the damaqes
from injury or from fire inflicted on trees which results in or
permits infections o~ pest infestations.
(d) SHRUB shall ~+ean a bushy, woody plant, usually with
several permanent stems, and usually not over fifteen (15) feet
hiqh at its maturity.
(e) TREE shall mean any self-supporting woody perennial
plant which has a trunk diameter of two (2) inches or more when
measured at a point four and one-half (4 1/2) feet above ground
level and which normally attains an overall height of at le~st
fifteen (15) feet at maturity, usually with one main stem or
trunk and many branches. It may appear to have several stems or
trunks as in several varieties of oak.
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