SECTION .0800 ‑ URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY
02 NCAC 60B .0801 DEFINITIONS
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms as used in
this Section are defined as follows:
(1) "Urban and community forestry" can be
defined as the protecting, developing, and managing groups or stands of trees
and related plant communities in suburban or metropolitan areas to:
(a) enhance the natural beauty;
(b) help abate city noises;
(c) modify local temperatures;
(d) help reduce air pollution;
(e) provide natural areas for recreation;
(f) provide food, cover, and habitat for
wildlife;
(g) help maintain watersheds for quantity
production of quality water;
(h) reduce soil erosion and stream
sedimentation;
(i) efficiently utilize forest products
produced in the urban areas;
(j) provide protection from insects, diseases
and other harmful agents;
(2) Community and Urban Area Recipients. Qualifying
municipal and local governments with a population of less than 50,000 according
to the latest census known to the urban area or community, and settlements
containing 100 or more families who:
(a) express an interest in program discussion,
(b) establish a local tree ordinance, and
(c) appoint a tree board;
(3) Public Recipients. Recipients include federal and
state agencies and educational institutions;
(4) Private Recipients. Private organizations;
utilities; private corporations and consultants; contractors, developers and
owners of residential and commercial property; homeowner associations;
individual homeowners and tenants may receive technical services through the
tree board;
(5) "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of
the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development;
(6) "Department" shall mean the Department of
Natural Resources and Community Development;
(7) "Program" shall mean the urban and
community forestry program as defined and described in this Section;
(8) "Tree board" shall mean local governing
body, tree board, appearance committee or other official group assigned
jurisdiction for administration of a tree ordinance by the local governing
body; It may be a committee, sub‑committee or other official group with
similar interests. A tree ordinance will totally or in part delineate
requirements for street trees, place regulatory power over street trees on the
lands of the municipality, set protection standards for maintenance and care of
trees, govern private trees deemed a nuisance or a hazard to adjacent private
or public property, and serve as a policy statement for the community or urban
area.
History Note: Authority G.S. 106-22; 106-1001; 143B‑10(j);
Eff. August 8, 1978;
Transferred from 15A NCAC 09C .1001 Eff. May 1, 2012;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. September 19, 2015.