Since it has been established that trees stabilize the soil
and control water pollution by preventing soil erosion and flooding,
absorb air pollution, provide oxygen, yield advantageous microclimatic
effects, have an intrinsic aesthetic quality, protect and increase
property values, offer a natural barrier to noise and provide a natural
habitat for wildlife, and that the removal of trees deprives the residents
of the Incorporated Village of Roslyn of these benefits and disrupts
fundamental ecological systems of which trees are an integral part,
therefore the purpose of this chapter is to prevent the indiscriminate
destruction or removal of trees within the boundaries of the Incorporated
Village of Roslyn and to provide for the relocation or replacement
of trees which may be removed or destroyed.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any person making an application pursuant to this chapter.
The diameter (or caliper) of a tree measured at a point four
feet above the base of the trunk or, in the case of a tree for planting,
at least two inches in diameter at a height of six inches above the
top of the ball.
Such practices as girdling, trenching near the roots, application
of herbicides, or any other practice or action which may reasonably
be expected to, either immediately or within the course of time, result
in the death of a tree, but shall not include regular maintenance
such as pruning or pollarding of a tree.
The Superintendent of Buildings or such other enforcement
officers as authorized by resolution of the Board of Trustees.[1]
Any living upright woody plant, together with its root system,
which has at least one trunk of six inches or greater in diameter
or 18 inches or greater in circumference at a height of four feet
above the base of the trunk.
A written authorization to plant and/or remove one or more
trees pursuant to this chapter.
