Michigan City Tree Board

• Arborist Licenses
• Mayor's Press Release (March 12, 2007)
  "Michigan City Receives Tree City Award"
• Michigan City Tree Ordinance & Tree List
• Urban Tree Risk Management: A Community Guide to Program Design and Implementation
• Special Report on Emerald Ash Borer Pest
• First Aid for Trees
• People Need Trees: Benefits and Values
• Is All Your Rain Going Down the Drain?
• Don't Top Trees!
• How to Select and Plant a Tree
• How to Prune Young Shade Trees
• When a Storm Strikes
• Trees Have Needs - Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place
• Flooding and its Effect on Trees
• HOW to Prune Trees
• HOW to Recognize Hazardous Defects in Trees
• There's Life in Hazard Trees
• Urban Forest Management Plan - Pest Management

• To fulfill the need that exists to regulate trees on City property and to ensure safety for the citizens of Michigan City.
• To regulate trees within the right-of-way lines of all City streets and alleys to protect the public health and safety of all citizens traveling on City streets and alleys.
• To protect trees from disease spread from tree to tree to maintain the health of public trees and private trees.
• To promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare by providing for the regulation of the planting, maintenance, and removal of trees, shrubs, and other plants within the City of Michigan City, Indiana.
• To promote the planting, maintenance, restoration, and survival of desirable trees, shrubs, and other plants within the City of Michigan City, Indiana, and to protect community residents from damage, caused or threatened by the improper planting, maintenance, or removal of trees, shrubs, or other plants located within the community.

It is the responsibility of the Board to study, investigate, counsel, develop, and update annually and administer a written plan for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, removal, or disposition of trees and shrubs in parks, along streets or alleys, and in other public areas. Such plan will be presented to the City Council and upon their acceptance and approval shall constitute the official Comprehensive City Tree Plan for the City of Michigan City, Indiana. This plan is to be known as the “Urban Forest Management Plan”.

The Board, when requested by the City Council, the Board of Public Works and Safety, or the Mayor, shall consider, investigate, make finding, report, and recommend upon any special matter or question coming within the scope of its authority as detailed in this Ordinance.

The Board shall further establish educational and informational programs, pamphlets, and literature for dissemination to the public to assist the public in the proper care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, removal, or disposition of trees and shrubs within private property ownership of the citizens of the City of Michigan City, Indiana.

There shall be mutual cooperation between the Michigan City Tree Board and any other City Department, Board, Agency, or employee.

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