Town of Fairview, TX Tree Care Program

The details of the tree board are as follows:

The tree board shall consist of the members of the planning and zoning commission.

Board members shall be appointed to two-year staggered terms and serve without compensation.

The planning and zoning commission chairperson shall serve as the board chairperson.

The board shall meet at least once per calendar year. All stated meetings shall be open to the public. The landscape administrator may schedule additional meetings as needed.

(5)

The duties of the tree board shall include:

(A)

To promote the protection of healthy trees and provide guidelines for the replacement and/or replanting of trees necessarily removed during construction, development and redevelopment;

(B)

To uphold the rules and regulations governing the protection and preservation of native or established trees within the town;

(C)

To study, investigate, counsel and develop and/or periodically update a written plan for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, removal or disposal of public trees and shrubs on town property;

(D)

Coordinating and promoting Arbor Day activities;

(E)

Submitting an annual application to renew the Tree City USA designation; and

(F)

Other duties that may be assigned by the town council.

APPENDIX A. TREE EXHIBIT

Critical root zone (CRZ): The area of undisturbed natural soil around a tree defined by a concentric circle with a radius equal to the distance from the trunk to the outermost portion of the dripline.

Drip line: A vertical line run through the outermost portion of the canopy of a tree and extending to the ground.

APPENDIX B. DIAMETER MEASUREMENT

Diameter measurement: The diameter of a tree shall be measured as shown above. The diameter of a tree shall be the total diameter of the largest trunk plus half the diameter of each additional trunk.

APPENDIX C. TREES
Quality Trees
Common Name	Botanical Name	Identification Notes
American Elm	Ulmus americana	Double-serrate margins, oblique base
Austrian Pine	Pinus nigra	Two needles
Bald Cypress	Taxodium distichum	Feather-like foliage, fall color
Bigelow Oak	Quercus sinuata breviloba	Small acorn, smooth 2"–4"; lobed
Black Jack Oak	Quercus marilandica	Leathery 3"–7" leaf, no lobes
Black Walnut	Juglans nigra	Black bark, Spherical yellow-green walnuts
Bur Oak	Quercus macrocarpa	Large acorn, leaf border at end
Caddo Maple	Acer Barbatum ‘Caddo’	Five-lobed leaf
Cedar Elm	Ulmus crassifolia	Deciduou, 1"–2" dark green leaves
Chinese Pistache	Pistacia chinensis	3" sickle leaflets, fall color
Chinquapin Oak	Quecus muhlenbergii	Oblong 4"–6" serrated leaf
Lacebark Elm	Ulmus parvifolia	Small dark serrated green leaves
Live Oak	Quercus virginiana	1-1/2" dark green pointed leaves
Mexican Buckeye	Ugnadia, speciosa	Feather foliage, pink flowers multi-trunked
Pecan	Carya illinoensis	Pecan fruit, compound leaves
Post Oak	Quercus stellata	Deep lobes, rounded tip on leaf
Red Cedar	Juniperus virginiana	Native, pyramidal shape
Shumard Red Oak	Quercus shumardii	Deep pointed lobes in leaves
Southern Magnolia	Magnolia grandiflora	Large evergreen leaf, white flower
Sweetgum	Liquidambar styraciflua	Star-shaped leaf
Texas Hickory	Carya texana	Five leaflets, 1"–2”
Texas Red Oak	Quercus texana	Vertical multi-trunk shape
Western Soapberry	Sapindus drummondii	18" compound leaf, 1/2" clear fruit
White Ash	Fraxinus americana	8"–13" leafs, 2"–4" oval leaflets

Marginal Trees
Common Name	Botanical Name	Identification Notes
Black Willow	Salix nigra	Forking near base, long thin 5"–15"
Bois d’Arc	Maclura pomifera	Bumpy spherical fruit 7"–15" diameter, Horse-Apple
Boxelder	Acer negundo	V-shaped samaras, feather compounded
Buckthorn	Rhamnus, caroliniana	Egg-shaped, pointed tipped leaves
Chittamwood	Bunelia lanuginosa	Blue-black berries, thorn tipped twigs
Cottonwood	Populus deltoides	Deep fissures in bark, heart-shaped leaf
Deodar Cedar	Cedrus deodara	Large pyramidal evergreen
Common Name	Botanical Name	Identification Notes
Hackberry	Celtis occidentalis	Asymmetric coarse leafs, small berries
Honeylocust	Gleditsia triacanthos	Lacy foliage, thornless variety only
Japanese Black Pine	Pinus thunbergii	Twisted growth, dark green needles
Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	2" oval paired leaflets, 7–19 leaflets per leaf
Mesquite	Prosopis glandulosa	Lacy open foliage, 10" bean fruit
Red Mulberry	Moris rubra	1" red berries, 3"–5" rough top leaves
Roughleaf Dogwood	Cornus drummondii	4"oval drawn out tip leaves, cream flowers
Slash Pine	Pinus elliotti	Tall cylindrical shape
Sugarberry	Celtis laevigata	Light gray bark, alternately serrated
Sumac	Rhus lanceolata	Odd pinnately compound, oblong
Sycamore	Plantinus occidentalis	Ovate 4"–8" wide and lobed
Toothache	Zanthoxylum hirsutum	Rounded shrub, curved prickles

Understory Trees
Common Name	Botanical Name	Identification Notes
Cherry Laurel	Prunus caroliniana	Glossy evergreen foliage, shrubby
Eves Necklace	Sophora affinis	Dull green tear-drop shaped leaf
Golden Raintree	Koelrutaria paniculata	Yellow flower, panicled fruit
Mexican Plum	Prunis mexicana	White flower, exfoliating bark, thorns
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Thin, smooth, pale grey bark
Possumhaw Holly	Ilex decidua	Showy orange/red fruit, deciduous
Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Purple/white flower
River Birch	Betula nigra	White flaky bark
Rusty Blackhaw	Viburnum nufidulum	Glossy, dark green leaves, white flowers
Wax Myrtle	Myrica cerifera	Light olive-green leaves, pale blue berries
Yaupon Holly	Ilex vomitoria	Evergreen, light bark, red fruit

APPENDIX D. ITEMS REQUIRED ON TREE SURVEY
1.	Appropriate title (for example, Tree Removal Exhibit or Tree Survey).
2.	Title block, including street address, lot and block, subdivision name, city and date of preparation.
3.	North arrow, graphic and written scale in close proximity.
4.	Scale at a size no larger than 1" = 100 [feet] for residential development; scale to be determined by the landscape administrator for nonresidential and home-building activities.
5.	Name, address and phone of owner and person preparing the document.
6.	Location of all right-of-way lines and public easements.
7.	Location of all buildings, structures, pools, parking and other improvements which are existing or intended on the lot.
8.	Areas of cut/fill with amount of each shown and flow lines shown.
9.	Existing and proposed spot elevations, grades and major contours, along with existing landscaping, streams, ponds and major natural features.
10.	Areas of no disturbance labeled as “No Disturbance Area.” This area must be clearly marked on the plan and surrounded with protective fencing on the ground. A single incidence removal of underbrush and vines is allowed.¹
11.	All protected trees shown individually on the plan.² Canopy trees six inches or greater in size and understory trees two inches or greater in size. Trees in close proximity that all have a caliper of less than four inches may be designated as a group of trees with quantity of quality, marginal and understory trees shown. (See appendix C.)
12.	The location of protected trees must be tied by horizontal control (including dimensions from lot lines or placed through coordinates determined via survey).
13.	All protected trees shown with diameter (four and one-half feet from the ground), common name and condition.
14.	Any proposed replacement trees shown with caliper size, common name of tree and mature size.
15.	Graphic representations distinguishing protected trees that will be saved versus those that will be removed.
16.	Phasing of tree survey along with phasing of the development is permitted.

APPENDIX E. CONSTRUCTION PLAN REQUIREMENTS
The following shall be required as a part of all construction plans submitted to the town when tree removal or tree protection is required during any phase of site work or construction:
1.	A tree preservation detail sheet shall include the following at a minimum:
	a.	The requirements of section 3.15.079(2) through (4) shall be noted.
	b.	A graphics legend to be used throughout the plans for the purposes of showing the following: trees to be flagged, protective fencing, trees requiring bark protection, boring, areas of cut and fill impacting protected trees.
	c.	Graphic tree exhibit showing the features of a tree, to include the critical root zone, trunk, canopy, drip line and method of diameter measurement (per appendices A and B of this article).
	d.	Graphic exhibits showing methods of protection, to include snow fences, boarded skirts and the like.
	e.	Graphic exhibits showing construction methods, to include grade changes, boring, trenching and the like.
	f.	Graphic exhibit showing appropriate pruning practices (per appendix F of this article).
2.	All practices which will be employed in meeting the requirements of this article shall be shown graphically on all applicable sheets within the construction plans.
3.	Documents as required in appendix D of this article.

APPENDIX F. TREE PRUNING RECOMMENDATIONS

(1998 Code, ch. 96, app. A; 1998 Code, ch. 96, app. B; 1998 Code, ch. 96, app. D; 1998 Code, ch. 96, app. E; Ordinance adopting Code; 1998 Code, ch. 96, app. F; Ordinance 2009-5-5C adopted 5/5/09; Ordinance 2012-11-6A adopted 11/6/12; Ordinance 2013-8-6B adopted 8/6/13)