Ordinance Establishing a Legacy Tree Program - City of Urbana

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Ordinance No. 2013-04-027AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A LEGACY TREE PROGRAMWHEREAS, on August 16, 1976, pursuant to Ordinance No. 7677-24, theUrbana City Council established the position of the City Arborist, whoseduties include overseeing a program for planting and maintenance of trees onCity property, and carrying out public education programs concerning theplanting, maintenance or removal of trees, shrubs and other plants on publicand private properties; andWHEREAS, on August 16, 1976, pursuant to Ordinance No. 7677-24, theUrbana City Council established the Urbana Tree Commission with the duties ofadvising the City Arborist and hearing any appeals of administrativedecisions concerning City Arbor functions; andWHEREAS, the City of Urbana in 1976 became a charter member of the TreeCity USA program and has since been recognized annually by the National ArborDay Foundation as maintaining its Tree City USA status;WHEREAS, in 2009, the Urbana City Council adopted a goal to EncourageSustainable Landscaping and Gardening by establishing a heritage treeprogram, recording and marking trees of significant height and growth, andstudying providing notice when significant trees are removed; andWHEREAS, the Urbana Tree Commission, with the City Arborist and Citystaff assistance, seeks to establish a voluntary Legacy Tree Program intendedto recognize and provide information about our trees to the public, andencourage the preservation of significant trees; andWHEREAS, at its January 16 2013 meeting, the Urbana Tree Commissionsupported the Legacy Tree Program by a vote of five ayes and zero nays.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OFURBANA, ILLINOIS, as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. The Urbana City Council does hereby establisha Legacy Tree Program.Section 2. Statement of purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is toencourage the identification, awareness, commemoration, and preservation ofsignificant trees within the City of Urbana.Section 3. Definitions.The following defined terms shall apply to this Ordinance:“City Arborist” shall mean the City Arborist as established by ArticleII of Chapter 25 of the Urbana Municipal Code or his/her designee.“Legacy Tree” shall mean a tree or a group of trees designated by theUrbana Tree Commission pursuant to this ordinance as meeting one or moreLegacy Tree Standards as defined in Section 11 of this Ordinance.“Property Owner” shall mean the person or persons in whose name ornames the property is held according to the last recorded deed of record inthe Office of the Champaign County Recorder. “Property Owner” shall alsomean the City of Urbana in connection with property it owns in fee simpleabsolute or which has been impliedly or expressly dedicated as a publicright-of-way for current or future use for vehicular or pedestrian trafficpurposes. “Property Owner” shall not include any unit of state, federal orlocal government which owns property within the City of Urbana corporatelimits unless such unit of government has entered into an inter-governmentalagreement with the City of Urbana whereby such unit of government has agreedto participate in the Legacy Tree program.“Tree” shall mean a self-supporting woody perennial plant, excludingshrubs, with developed branches, a natural habit of considerable height and atrunk diameter measured at four and one-half feet above grade of not lessthan 2”.“Urbana Tree Commission” shall mean the Urbana Tree Commission asestablished by Article II of Chapter 25 of the Urbana Municipal Code.
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