1. All street trees shall be planted within the right-of-way lines of a street except, when upon the written consent of the owner, trees may be planted upon private property up to twenty (20) feet from the right-of-way lines.

2. If the planting of trees is required, the distance apart shall be a minimum of thirty five (35) feet on center and a maximum of fifty (50) feet on center.

3. All trees to be planted shall have a minimum height of eight to ten (8-10) feet and shall be of at least two and one half (2-1/2) inches in caliper measured at a height of four (4) feet from the ground level.

4. The specie and variety of the trees to be planted shall be selected and approved by the Planning Board and the Director of Public Works/Tree Warden.

5. No evergreen trees, such as pine, fir, spruce or hemlock shall be planted as public shade trees along a way.

6. No trees or shrubs shall be planted at any corner or intersection where the could become a traffic hazard by obstructing vision or preventing safe vehicular movement.

7. All side slopes steeper than 3:1; or have highly erodable soils shall be planted with a low-growing evergreen shrub such as laurel, mugho pine or juniper and shall be seeded with a deep-rooted perennial grass to prevent erosion.

8. All trees shall be planted in one-half (1/2) of a cubic yard of loam, mulched with four (4) inches of chips and shall be properly wrapped and guyed in a manner to ensure their survival.(See Figure 6.)

9.In a subdivision, the Applicant shall be liable for all plant materials as to their erectness and good health for one (1) year after installation, as determined by the Planning Board and/or its Designee.