HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 1413 - 10/14/1980 - TREES/NUMBER, LOCATION & TYPEORDINANCE NO. 1413
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING, THOSE PROWISIONS
AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO TREES OF
SECTION 9.005 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF
THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Presiraent and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and
DuPage, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1: That the provisions and regulations per-
taining to Trees as set forth in Section 8.005 of the Municipal
Code of the Village of Elk Grove Village is hereby amended
to read as follows:
TREES (Amended):
A) Requirements as to number, location and type:
Street trees shall be planted throughout the entire
residential subdivision, and commercial establishments
within residential areas. Such trees shall be planted
in the parkways equidistant between the sidewalks
and curb, and no closer than five feet from any
sanitary service, water service, or driveway apron.
The trees shall be spaced not more than fifty feet
apart, and not less than one per lot. At street
corners, trees shall be located at least twenty
feet from the intersection of street right-of-way
lines.
All trees shall be balled and burlanoed. The mini-
mum trunk diameter of all trees, measured at a
height of six inches above finished ground level,
shall be 2.5 inches.
The following trees are acceptable to the Village
for such planting:
American Ash
Blue Ash
Green Ash
Ginkgo (male only)
Thornless Honeylocust
American Hornbeam
American Hop Hornbeam
European Hornbeam
Japanese Katsura
American Linden
Crimean Linden
European Linden
Littleleaf Linden
Silver Linnen
Norwav Maple
Red Maple
Northern Red Oak
The Village Engineer shall be provided a list by
December 1 of all trees planted during the previous
year; this information shall include the lot numbers,
type of tree planted on each lot, and the dates of
planting.
B) Guarantee:
All trees shall be guaranteed for one full year
following planting. After one year, all trees
not in a vigorous growing condition, as determined
by the Village Engineer, shall be replaced. All
replacement trees shall bear the same guarantee.
The Village Engineer shall be notified in writing
thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of
the guarantee period that the guarantee is ending.
No tree shall be accepted by the Village unless
approved in writing by the Village Engineer.
C) Variety:
No more than twenty -percent of all trees planted
within a subdivision shall be of the same type,
unless prior approval is given by the Village
Engineer. Trees of any one type shall be dispersed
equally throughout the subdivision or commericial
area.
D) Specifications:
All trees planted shall meet the specifications on
file in the Village Clerk's Office and the Village
Engineering Department.
Section 2: A copy of the tree olanting specifications
of the Village of Elk Grove Village is attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and by this reference is incorporated into the
provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 3: That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized
to publish this Ordinance in pamphlet form.
Section 4: That any person, firm, or corporation viola-
ting any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject
to a fine of not less than Twenty -Five ($25.00) Dollars nor
more than Five Hundred ($500.00) nollars for each offense
and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day
or on which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 5: That this Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication
according to law.
VOTES: AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 0
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
Fay M. &xz0,0
Village Clerk
PASSED this loth day of October 1980.
APPROVED this lT-
thday of October 1980.
PUBLISHED in pamphlet form this 22nd day of October
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1980.