PCR1976072RESOLUTION #P. C. 72-76
APPROVAL OF STREET TREE STANDARDS
WHEREAS Section 8.13 of the Land Division Ordinance requires
that a subdivider shall plant the species and number of street
frontage on all streets proposed to be dedicated.
- trees approved by the Plan Commission for each fifty feet of
.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Plan Commission approves
the following species as being suitable for street trees:
1. Norway Maple - Acer Platanoides
2. Red Maple - Acer Rubrum
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3. Sugar Maple - Acer Saccharum
4. White Ash - Fraxinus Americana
5. Marshall Seedless Green Ash - Fraxinus Pennsylvania
Subintegurima
6. Kentucky Coffeetree - Gpnocladus Dioica
7. Crabapples - Malus Varieties
8. Haphornbeam or Ironwood - Ostrya Virginiana
9. Red Oak - Quercus Rubra
10. Greenspire Linden - Tilia Cordata
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these trees, one per every fifty
feet of frontage, shall be located within five feet of the front
lot line on streets with rural cross sections; that all trees
shall be Class A nursery stock, free of all disease; that all
trees shall be 8 to 10 feet in height with 1% to 1% caliper at
the point on the trunk 6 inches above grade after planting; that
all trees shall be planted and staked using proper and appropriate
methods; that no more than 50% of any one species may be used
on any street and that bonds for all street trees shall be in
effect for 18 months after planting.
City of Muskego
Adopted
Defeated
Deferred
JUN 1 5 1976 Plan Commission