§ 97.061. STREET TREES PERMITTED TO BE PLANTED.  


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  • (A) The following list constitutes the official street tree species for the city. A complete list, with scientific names and planting guidelines, shall be available from the City Tree and Landscape Board. No species other than those included in this list may be planted as street trees without written permission of the City Tree and Landscape Board.
    Small Trees
    Medium Trees
    Large Trees
    Amur Maple
    Trident Maple
    Red Maple
    Fullmoon Maple
    Paperback Maple
    Sugar Maple
    Japanese Maple
    Three Flowered Maple
    Common Horsechestnut
    Tartarian Maple
    Norway Maple
    River Birch
    Downy Serviceberry
    Red Horsechestnut
    Hickory/Pecan
    Apple Serviceberry
    Ohio Buckeye
    Deodar Cedar
    American Hornbeam
    Common Alder
    Hackberry
    Korean Hornbeam
    European Hornbeam
    Falsecypress
    Eastern Redbud
    Katsuratree
    American Beech
    White Fringetree
    Yellowwood
    Ginkgo (male only)
    Pagoda Dogwood
    Turkish Filbert
    Kentucky Coffeetree
    Flowering Dogwood
    Hardy Rubber Tree
    Sweetgum (fruitless)
    Kousa Dogwood
    Thornless Honeylocust
    Tulip Poplar
    Hawthorn
    Carolina Silverbell
    Dawn Redwood
    Amur Maakia
    Foster Holly
    Serbian Spruce
    Loebner Magnolia
    American Holly
    Pine
    Star Magnolia
    Eastern Redcedar
    Sycamore/Planetree
    Crabapple
    Golden Raintree
    Oak (except shingle)
    Persian Parrotia
    Saucer Magnolia
    Baldcypress
    Flowering Cherry/Plum
    Black Tupelo
    Linden
    Korean Sun Pear
    American Hophornbeam
    Japanese Zelkova
    Japanese Snowbell
    Sourwood
    Fragrant Snowbell
    Amur Corktree
    Japanese Tree Lilac
    Norway Spruce
    Colorado Blue Spruce
    Purple Robe Locust
    Sassafras
    American Arbovitae
    Prospector Elm
    (B) The following list constitutes species that are expressly forbidden for planting as street trees in the city.
    Boxelder
    Cottonwood
    Silver Maple
    Lombardy Poplar
    Tree of Heaven
    Bradford Pear
    Mimosa
    Shingle Oak
    White Birch
    Black Locust
    Russia Olive
    Black Willow
    Ash
    American Elm
    Osage Orange
    Red Elm
    Mulberry
    ('71 Code, § 101.07) (Ord. 32-1986, passed 10-14-86; Am. Ord. 8-2008, passed 8-11-08; Am. Ord. 10-2010, passed 5-24-10) Penalty, see § 97.999