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poses a threat to safety. <br /> Pest <br /> Any organism, insect, rodent, fungus, virus, bacteria, or other agent that causes any damage, <br /> abnormal growth or mortality of any tree, shrub, bush or woody vegetation. <br /> <br /> Pruning <br /> The judicious removal of plant parts to increase usefulness, beauty, or vigor. <br /> <br />Public Tree <br /> Any street tree, park tree or other woody plant on City property. <br /> Screening <br /> The use of landscape planting, fences, walls or other structures to obscure vision of any <br /> unsightly or undesirable land use or structure and to minimize the intrusion of lighting on <br /> neighboring property. <br /> <br />Shade Tree <br /> A living tree with mature size of thirty feet or more. <br />Shrub <br /> A woody plant of relatively low height, as distinguished from a tree by having several stems <br /> rather than a single trunk. <br />Specimen Tree or Stand <br /> A hardwood tree 30 inches or greater in diameter at 4~ feet and a minimum of 50 feet in <br /> height for coniferous trees. <br /> <br />Street Tree <br /> Any tree growing in the boulevard of any street or highway. <br />Topping <br /> The severe cutting back of limbs to stubs within the tree's crown to such a degree so as to <br /> remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree. <br /> <br />Tree <br /> A woody plant, usually with a single stem, above 10 feet in height at maturity. <br />Tree Owner <br /> Owner of the property on which the tree grows. <br /> <br />Tree Protection Plan <br /> A plan that identifies Tree Protection Areas where existing trees are to be preserved and <br /> where proposed replacement trees are to be planted on a property to meet minimum <br /> requirements, as well as methods of tree protection to be undertaken on the site and other <br /> pertinent <br /> <br />Tree Service <br /> Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of cutting, trimming, pruning, <br /> spraying, injecting chemicals, or removing trees or shrubs for compensation. <br /> <br />Tree Trunk <br /> The stem portion of a tree from the ground to the first branch thereof. <br />Urban Forestry Program <br /> All of those City resources, time and efforts directed toward the development and <br /> maintenance of a safe, healthy, aesthetically pleasing and fully stocked population of public <br /> trees. <br /> <br /> <br />