There is hereby created and established a Village Parks and Trees Committee, an expanded designation of the former Parks Committee, which shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Trustees, the Village Engineer, the General Foreman of the Department of Public Works, and the Village Administrator. Membership shall consist of up to 14 persons, who shall be nominated and appointed by the Board of Trustees.
The term of each member's office shall be three years, with the exception of the first year of the Committee's existence, in which four members shall be given a two-year term. All terms may be renewed. In the event of a vacancy, a successor shall be appointed to fill the unexpired portion of the term.
The Committee shall provide the Village Board with advice regarding Village parks and the planting of trees within the Village and, when requested by the Village Board, shall consider, investigate, make findings and report and recommend upon any special matter or question coming within the scope of its work.
The Mayor shall appoint the Chairman with the approval of the Board of Trustees. The Committee shall make its own rules and regulations and keep a record of its proceedings. A majority of the members shall be a quorum for the transaction of business.
The Village Board shall have the right to review the acts and decisions of the Parks and Trees Committee. Any person may appeal from any ruling or order of the Parks and Trees Committee to the Village Board, who may hear the matter and make a final decision.
The Parks and Trees Committee or other designee of the Village Board of Trustees shall develop and maintain a list of recommended species of trees which he/she recommends as suitable for planting in the Village of Larchmont, which will be on file with the Village Clerk.
A. 
To achieve ideal growing conditions, street or park trees shall be planted, except for special planting designed or approved by the Committee, according to the following guidelines:
(1) 
Small trees, up to 25 feet high: 30 feet apart.
(2) 
Medium trees, up to 40 feet high: 40 feet apart.
(3) 
Large trees, up to 60 feet high: 50 feet apart.
B. 
When necessary, modification may be made by the Committee, Village Engineer or General Foreman.
The distance trees may be planted from curbs or curblines and sidewalks will be determined by the Committee. If a tree is being planted to replace a tree larger than the prescribed size, the Committee may allow the planting of a tree comparable to the removed tree, provided that it is known to be of a type whose roots will not displace the sidewalk or curb.
No street tree or park tree shall be planted closer than 35 feet from any street corner, measured from the point of nearest intersection of curbs or curblines. No street or park tree shall be planted closer than 10 feet from any fireplug or closer than four feet from any gas or water curb boxes. These distances may be reduced at the recommendation of the Parks and Trees Committee where warranted by special circumstances.
A. 
The Village shall study, investigate, develop and/or update annually and administer a plan for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, removal or disposition of trees and shrubs in parks, along streets and other public areas. Such plan shall be presented annually to the Village Board for its approval.
B. 
The following acts as to street trees and park trees are prohibited: No one, except the Village, shall remove any such tree. No one, except the Village removing or maintaining them, shall chop or cut into such trees or scar their trunks. No one shall drive nails into their trunks or limbs, build fires near trunks or under branches nor pour or deposit substances injurious to growth on soil near such trees, including oil, gasoline, tar, creosote, salt or other injurious substances.
C. 
The Village shall have the right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees, plants and shrubs on all streets, alleys, avenues, lanes, squares, parks and other public grounds as it may deem necessary to ensure public safety or to preserve or enhance the symmetry and beauty of property of the Village.
D. 
No person other than the Village shall plant any tree, shrub or other vegetation within the limits of any public street, right-of-way, park or other public place. The planting of trees by the Village in such locations may be requested through the Parks and Trees Committee.
E. 
It shall be a goal of the Village that all stumps of street trees shall, within one year, be removed level with or below the surface of the ground so that the top of the stump shall not project above the surface of the ground.
F. 
The removal of stumps of park trees shall be determined on an individual-case basis, taking into account safety, aesthetics and the environmental value of allowing the stump to deteriorate naturally.
G. 
Stump removal shall be as complete as the Village budget allows.
H. 
Special attention shall be given to newly planted trees for the first three years of their siting in order to ensure their health and beauty, recognizing that such new trees represent an investment of Village resources.
I. 
Any person may request to have the Village Arborist evaluate the condition of a park or street tree. This request must be made to the Village Department of Public Works.
J. 
No person shall fasten or tie any animal to or attach any sign, bill, card, notice or advertisement to any tree or shrub in any public street, right-of-way, park or public place or allow any animal under his/her control to injure any such tree or shrub.
K. 
Any person, including public utilities, their agents, servants and employees, is prohibited from climbing trees with the aid of spurs. Any wires of public utilities passing among the branches of trees shall be properly insulated so as to prevent damage to said trees. Guy wires shall not be attached to trees in such a manner as to girdle or restrict growth. When it is necessary to attach any guy wires or cables, such devices shall be attached by means of lag hooks screwed into the trunks or by eyebolts passing through the trunk, and then only with the permission of the Village Department of Public Works.
L. 
When it is necessary to remove limbs to make clear passage for wires and where the removal of such limbs might injure a tree or spoil its symmetry or otherwise mar its appearance, it shall be necessary to obtain a permit from the Building Department before starting such work. It shall not be necessary to secure a permit for the usual periodical removal of small branches to allow the free passage of wires, but any such work will be subject to inspection by the Village Arborist, and where such work is not up to standard, any expense incurred by the Village in repairing the same will be charged to the public utility responsible.