§ 90-71. Intent.  


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  • This division is intended to provide standards for the preservation of trees as part of the land development and/or building construction process. The village board finds that such preservation is necessary to promote the general health and welfare of the community by making the village a more attractive place to live, protect watercourses and ecology, provide a healthy living environment, and to better maintain control of flooding, noise, glare, and soil erosion. The village board further finds that trees provide beneficial oxygen while reducing the levels of harmful carbon dioxide and reduce air pollution, purify water, and stabilize soil. Trees also provide wildlife habitat and shade, cool the land, reduce noise, and provide an aesthetic value to the land.

(Ord. No. 696-04, § 1, 10-25-2004)