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MITCHELL’S URBAN FORESTRY SYSTEM
Mitchell has been honored as a "TREE CITY, USA" for the past 22 years. The Forestry Division works hand-in-hand with the City Beautification Committee, planting hundreds of new trees and shrubs. Arbor Day is promoted each April with a week-long schedule of events, including educational programs and poster contests in the school systems, the planting of special trees, and giving away hundreds of seedlings to grade school youngsters. Replacement of dead or diseased trees on the boulevards and in the parks is an on-going process. HOW DO I GET MY TREE CHECKED ?? You may have concerns about a dead or diseased tree, or a tree that may be posing a safety hazard that you need to have addressed. The Division does "tree checks" each Friday - any citizen who has a concern about a tree on a boulevard should call 995-8450 and ask for Angel DeWaard or Marilyn Jansen, or stop in the office to fill out a Tree Check Request Form. Annual Spring Tree Replacement Program FREE TREES FOR YOUR BOULEVARD! Trees add to the quality of life in any community. In Mitchell, the Parks & Recreation Department and the City Beautification Committee of the Chamber of Commerce can assist homeowners in having beautiful shade trees on the boulevards. Each Spring, 100 shade trees are available at NO COST to homeowners. Watch for the add in the newspaper in late March, the program usually begins on April 1st. This is a first-come, first-served program, so call as soon as you see the add to reserve your trees. Boulevard Tree Ordinances City Code Sec 37.2 - The occupant or owner of any premises abutting upon any street shall keep all trees so trimmed that they comply with the specifications of the Parks & Recreation Board. City Code Sec, 37.3 - All large established trees shall be trimmed to a sufficient height to allow free passage of pedestrians and vehicular traffic and in such manner so as to allow ten (10) feet clearance over all sidewalks and twelve (12) feet clearance over all streets and alleys. City Code Sec. 37.5 - Trees used for street tree planting shall be Hackberry, American Linden, or Basswood species, Hard Maple species, Oak species, Thornless Honey Locust, any species of Ash, or other trees approved by the Board of Parks & Recreation. The variety of such trees to be so planted and the spacing thereof in planting shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Parks & Recreation. Sec 37.6 - No street trees planted shall measure less than one inch in diameter of trunk at one foot above the ground.
City Code Sec.
37.11 - No person, firm, or corporation
shall plant, maintain, or permit to grow any
tree, hedge, bush, or shrubbery of any kind
which has a mature growing height of greater
than 24 inches within the triangle formed by the
adjacent side lines of two intersecting streets
and the line joining points distant 35 feet on
each side line from their point of intersection.
Any tree, hedge, bush, or shrubbery planted or
growing within the above defined triangle
exceeding 24 inches in height is declared a
public nuisance and hazard to public safety and
shall be subject to summary abatement by the
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