A. The city recognizes that the maintenance and new growth of healthy trees facilitates drainage, combats soil erosion, reduces global warming, adds real property and aesthetic values, and provides habitat for wildlife. To enhance the beauty of the city, while at the same time recognizing individual rights to develop private property, the city council adopts this chapter, establishing basic standards and measures to preserve and maintain existing trees and to encourage new tree planting.

B. It is the intent of the city by the adoption of these regulations to limit and restrict the removal of healthy and desirable trees in the city. However, regarding single-family residential properties which cannot be further subdivided, the intent is to limit and restrict only the removal of landmark trees. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2006-19 § 1, 2006)