Legal Documents of Rocky Top

The spacing of street trees will be in accordance with the three (3) species size classes listed in § 20-109, and no trees may be planted closer together than the following: Small trees, twenty feet (20'); medium trees, thirty feet (30'); and large trees, forty feet (40'); except in special plantings designed or approved by the commission.

The distance trees may be planted from curbs or curb lines and sidewalks will be in accordance with three species size classes listed in § 20-109, and no trees may be planted closer to any curb or sidewalk than the following: Small trees, two feet (2'); medium trees, three feet (3'); and large trees, four feet (4').

No street tree shall be planted closer than thirty-five feet (35') of any street corner, measured from the nearest intersection, curbs or curb lines. No street tree shall be planted closer than ten feet (10') of any fireplug. No street trees other than those species listed as small trees in § 20-109 may be planted under or within ten lateral feet (10') of any underground water line, sewer line, transmission line or other utility. (Ord. #521, March 2018)