§ 196-2. Definitions.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases and words shall have the following meanings:
- APPLICANT
- The owner, contract vendee or lessee of real property or its duly authorized agent.
- ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
- The Environmental Commission of the Incorporated Village of Old Westbury or its successor.
- HABITAT
- The natural growing characteristics of any tree or specimen tree, which includes branch spread and distribution, branch height above ground and root spread and distribution.
- PERSON
- Any resident of Old Westbury or any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, public agency, public utility or organization of any kind or agent thereof.
- REAL PROPERTY
- Includes all unimproved and improved real property within the Incorporated Village of Old Westbury.
- SPECIMEN TREE
- Any living, woody plant of the following species:
- A. Deciduous trees.Ash (Fraxinus), all speciesBeech (Fagus), American species and European species and its cultivarsBirch (Betula), all species, six inches diameter or moreBlack locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia)Coffee-tree (Gymnocladus dioica)Elm (Umus), American and English speciesFlowering cherry (Prunus), any Japanese species or cultivar, six inches in diameter or moreFlowering crabapple (Malus), any species or named cultivar, six inches in diameter or moreFlowering dogwood (Comus), American or Chinese species, six inches in diameter or moreHawthorn (Crataegus), any species or named cultivar, six inches in diameter or moreHickory (Carya), any speciesHoney locust (Gleditsia), any named cultivir (not the species)Hornbeam (Carpinus), all species, six inches in diameter or moreHorse chestnut (Aesculus), all speciesJapanese maple, four inches in diameter or moreJapanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)Linden (Tifia), all species and cultivarsMagnolia (Magnolia), all species, six inches in diameter or moreMaidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba)Maple (Acer), all species and cultivars other than box elder (Acer negundo)Mountain ash (Sorbus), any species, six inches in diameter or moreOak (Quercus), all speciesPhellodendron amurense, six inches in diameter or morePlane-tree (Platanus), both American and London planesSassafras (Sassafras albidum)Serviceberry (Amelmichier), all speciesSorrell tree or sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum), six inchesSweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), also known as "black gum," "sour-gum" and "pepperidge"Walnut (Juglaris nigra)Yellowwood (Cladrastis lutea), six inches in diameter or moreZelkova (Zelkova japonica)
- B. Evergreen trees.Arbor vitae (Thuja occidentalis), American arbor vitae Cedar (Cedrus), all speciesDouglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)False cypress (Chamaecyparis), all species and cultivarsFirs (Abies), al speciesHemlock (Tsuga), Canadian and Carolina species and cultivars, six inchesHolly (Ilex), all species, six inches in diameter or morePines (Pinus), all speciesSpruce (Picea), all speciesYew (Taxus), all species, hybrids and cultivars
- C. Shrubs, evergreen.Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), four inches in diameter or more Rhododendron (Rhododendron), all species, hybrids and cultivars, four inches in diameter or more
- SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION
- Any cutting or drastic pruning or elevating the habitat of a tree or specimen tree which impairs, destroys or endangers the life of such tree or specimen tree or its natural symmetry, and shall include but shall not be limited to heavy or unnecessary cutting of top branches and cutting of major lower limbs.