HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 3888 - 1/28/2025 - PLANTING OF TREES AMENDMENT RESIDENTIAL SUB AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTSORDINANCE NO.3888
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS OF PARAGRAPH M OF SECTION
8-1211-1-2 OF THE VILLAGE CODE PERTAINING TO THE PLANTING OF TREES
THROUGHOUT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMMERCIAL
ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE VILLAGE
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That Section 8-1213-1-2-M-c of the Village Code be amended to read as
follows:
c. The list of trees, as amended from time to time, which are acceptable to the Village for
planting is available in the office of the Village Clerk.
Section 2: That Section 8-12B1-2-M be further amended by adding thereto the
following:
3. Authority and power.
(a) Delegation of authority and responsibility. The Director of Public Works and/or their
designee, hereinafter referred to as the "Director", shall have full authority and
responsibility to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees and woody plants growing in
or upon all Village streets, rights -of ways, Village parks, and other public property.
This shall include the removal of trees that may threaten electrical, telephone, gas, or
any Village water or sewer line, or any tree that is affected by fungus, insect, or other
pest disease.
(b) Coordination among Village departments. All Village departments will coordinate as
necessary with the Director and will provide services as required to ensure
compliance with this Ordinance as it relates to streets, alleys, rights -of -way, drainage,
easements, and other public properties not under direct jurisdiction of the Director.
The decision of the Director in this area shall be deemed final.
4. Tree planting and care standards.
(a) Standards. All planting and maintenance of public trees shall conform to the latest
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A-300 "Standards for Tree Care
Operations" and shall follow all tree care Best Management Practices (BMPs)
published by the International Society of Arboriculture.
(b) Requirements of franchise utility companies. The maintenance of public trees for
utility clearance shall conform to all applicable utility industry standards.
(c) Preferred species list. The Director shall maintain an official list of desirable tree
species for planting on public property in two size classes: Ornamental (20 feet or less
in height at maturity) and Shade (greater than 20 feet at maturity). Trees from this
approved list may be planted without special permission; other species may be planted
with written approval from the Director.
(d) Planting distances. The Director shall develop and maintain an official set of spacing
requirements for the planting of trees on public property. No tree may be planted
within the visibility triangle of a street intersection or within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
(e) Planting trees under electric utility lines. Only trees listed as Ornamental trees on the
official village tree species list may be planted under or within 15 lateral feet of any
overhead utility wire.
5. Certain trees declared a nuisance.
(a) Any tree, or limb thereof, on private property determined by the Director to have
contracted a lethal, communicable disease or insect; to be dead or dying; to obstruct
the view of traffic signs or the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles; or that threatens
public health, safety, and welfare is declared a nuisance and the Village may require
its treatment or removal.
(b) Private property owners have the duty, at their own expense, to remove or treat
nuisance trees on their property. The Village may remove such trees at the owner's
expense if the owner does not comply with treatment and/or removal as specified by
the Director within the written notification period.
Section 3: That this Ordinance shall go into full force and effect from and after its
passage and approval according to law.
VOTE: AYES: 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 1
PASSED this 28th day of January 2025
APPROVED this 28th day of January 2025
APPROVED:
Mavor Craim B. Johnson
Village of Elk Grove Village
ATTEST:
Loretta M. Murphy, Villajje Clerk