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this Section, which are designed to ensure trees are not trimmed or pruned in a manner that causes <br />damage to the tree or diminishes its health. <br />3. Tree Pruning Standards. <br />3.1 All trees shall be pruned according to the guidelines published by the <br />International Society of Arboriculture current edition or the pruning standards and <br />specifications of the National Arborist Association current edition unless modified herein. <br />3.2 All tree work shall be performed following Oregon Safety and Health <br />Administration regulations and following the American National Standards Institute, <br />A.N.S.I. 2133.1, 300, or current version. <br />3.3 Pruning shall be deemed necessary when such action is to: <br />3.3.1 Correct structural problems, remove deadwood and decayed parts, <br />3.3.2 Enhance the tree's natural beauty and develop its natural shape, <br />3.3.3 Comply with the Eugene Code, 1971, <br />3.3.4 Correct a safety or health problem, <br />3.3.5 Clear the vision of regulatory signs, or <br />3.3.6 Maintain clearance around electrical lines. <br />3.4 All tree work performed near electrical lines shall conform to American <br />National Standards Institute C2, National Electrical Safety Code, and the Oregon Public <br />Utilities Commission Tree Clearance Policy, current edition. <br />3.5 Trees pruned for electrical line clearance shall follow the pruning guidelines <br />contained within the publication of Dr. Shigo entitled "Pruning Trees Near Electrical <br />Lines' current edition and be performed in accordance with the written agreement between <br />the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) and the City. <br />3.6 Unless otherwise required herein, young trees shall be pruned leaving at <br />least two-thirds (2/3) of the height of the tree in foliage and canopy. <br />3.7 Mature trees shall be pruned in a manner that retains well-spaced, inner <br />lateral branches so as to allow the trunk taper to be developed as needed for the strength <br />of the branch attachment. <br />3.8 No tree shall have more than 20 % of its canopy removed in any one pruning <br />or any one year unless approved in writing by the Urban Forester. <br />3.9 Street trees shall be pruned to allow clearance 9' above the sidewalk and 16' <br />Street Tree Plan Agreement -City Plants Alternate - 23 of 25 ~ Q ~, ~ U ~ 2 <br />