Sec. 4-11.04. When permits are required.

(a)    Single-family zoned properties with an existing dwelling. A permit shall be required when any person wishes to perform the following acts on property which is zoned single-family residential:

(1)    Remove, cut down, destroy or relocate an oak or a sycamore or heritage tree;

(2)    Prune live limbs over four (4) inches in diameter of an oak or a sycamore or heritage tree;

(3)    Trench, grade, fill, compact or place construction material of any type in the drip line of an oak or a sycamore or heritage tree.

(4)    Remove more than twenty-five (25) percent of the canopy of an oak, sycamore, or heritage tree.

(b)    All other vacant and developed properties. Except as otherwise set forth herein, a permit shall be required when any person wishes to perform the following acts on all vacant and developed property other than property which is zoned single-family residential:

(1)    Remove, cut down, destroy or relocate an oak or a sycamore, heritage or mature tree;

(2)    Trench, grade, fill, compact or place construction material of any type in the drip line of an oak or a sycamore, mature or heritage tree;

(3)    Prune live limbs over four (4) inches in diameter of an oak or a sycamore or heritage tree;

(4)    Remove more than twenty-five (25) percent of the canopy of an oak, sycamore, heritage or mature tree.

(§ 1, Ord. 738, eff. July 22, 1999, as renumbered by § 2, Ord. 800, eff. August 8, 2008, and amended by § 2, Ord. 870, eff. March 17, 2017)