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Clearing - The removal of vegetation from a property, whether by cutting or <br />other means. <br />Community Forest - The collection of trees, shrubs, other vegetation and <br />associated natural features that make up the city tree canopy and its growing zone. <br />Community Forestry - The ecology of native and non -indigenous plantings <br />creating a forest in the human living environment, and emphasizing the practice of wise <br />professional planned management of all tree resources within an urban area. This would <br />include trees in public streets, public areas, and on private property to provide for multiple <br />use benefits for the general well being of the entire community. <br />Community Forestry Program - All of those City resources, time and efforts <br />directed toward the development and maintenance of a safe, healthy, aesthetically pleasing <br />and fully stocked population of public trees. <br />Crown - The leaves and branches of a tree or shrub; the upper portion of a tree <br />from the lowest branch on the trunk to the top. <br />Designee - The person designated by the City to carry out specific duties <br />outlined in this chapter. <br />Developer - The owner of the land or person who is the applicant for <br />alteration of the land. <br />Development Activity - Any alteration of the natural environment that requires <br />the approval of a development or site plan and issuance of a development permit. <br />Development Activity shall also include the "thinning" or removal of trees from any <br />undeveloped land, including that carried out in conjunction with a forest management <br />program, and the removal of trees incidental to the development of land or to the marketing <br />of land for development. <br />Development Regulations - The adopted regulations provided for the <br />subdivision and development of real property within the City of Ramsey, as amended from <br />time to time by the City. <br />Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) — The diameter of a tree at a height of 54 <br />inches above the ground. <br />Dripline - An imaginary vertical line which extends from the outermost <br />branches of a tree's canopy to the ground. <br />