Boonville Tree preservation plan ordinance (Appendix C, Section 15.6)
Appendix C: Zoning · Part 15. General Landscaping,
1. Developers are encouraged to preserve as much natural open space and forested areas to create the requisite buffer yards and meet the landscaping requirements without land disturbance.
EXHIBIT A
LANDSCAPING, SCREENING AND BUFFERING STANDARDS RECOMMENDED AND NUISANCE TYPE SPECIES
RECOMMENDED TREE AND SHRUB SPECIES: 1) Alder, European
2) Beech, White
3) Birch, Paper (Canoe)
4) Birch, River
5) Black gum
6) Crabapple, Flowering
7) Cherry, Flowering
8) Cypress, Bald
9) Dogwood, Flowering
10) Fir, White
11) Ginkgo
12) Golden rain
13) Hackberry, Common
14) Hawthorn
15) Hemlock, Canadian
16) Holly, American
17) Honeylocust, Thornless
18) Hornbeam, European
19) Juniper, Chinese
20) Linden, Littleleaf
21) Magnolia
22) Maple, Red
23) Maple, Sugar
24) Oak, Bur
25) Oak, English
26) Oak, Pin 27) Oak, Northern Red
28) Oak, Scarlet
29) Oak, Shingle
30) Oak, Shumard
31) Oak, White
32) Oak, Swamp
33) Oak, Willow
34) Pagoda tree, Japanese
35) Pear, Callery
36) Pine, Japanese Black
37) Pine, Limber
38) Pine, Red
39) Pine, Japanese Red
40) Pine, Eastern White
41) Plum, Purple-leaf
42) Redbud, Eastern
43) Red cedar, Eastern
44) Serviceberry, Downy
45) Spruce, Colorado or Blue
46) Spruce, Norway
47) Spruce White
48) Sycamore, American
49) Tulip tree
50) Zelkova, Japanese
NUISANCE (UNDERSIREABLE) TREE AND SHRUB SPECIES:
51) Ash, Green
52) Ash, European
53) Ash, Mountain
54) Birch, European White
55) Box elder
56) Catalpa
57) Cherry, Black
58) Crabapple, nonresistant varieties
59) Elm, American
60) Elm, Siberian
61) Locust, Black
62) Maple, Norway
63) Maple, Silver
64) Mimosa
65) Mulberry
66) Olive, Russian
67) Osage-orange (Hedge)
68) Pear, Aristocrat 69) Pear, Bradford
70) Persimmon
71) Pine, Austrian
72) Pine, Scotch
73) Poplar
74) Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus)
75) Sweetgum
76) Walnut, Black
77) Willow EXHIBIT B
BUFFERYARD TYPES AND OPTIONS Bufferyard Op-
Bufferyard Type tions Bufferyard Width Bufferyard A 1. Small canopy 10 feet trees, 5 per 100
linear feet
2. Medium can- 20-35 feet opy trees
planted 4 per
100 linear feet
3. Large canopy 35+ feet trees, or conifer
trees, 3 per 100
linear feet
4. Natural buffer 15 feet area
5. Open space 20 feet buffer area
Bufferyard B 1. Small Canopy 10 feet Trees, 5 per 100
linear feet
2. Medium can- 20-35 feet opy trees
planted 4 per
100 linear feet,
small trees 5 per
100 linear feet
may be used if
planted on top of
a berm
3. Large canopy 35+ feet trees or conifer
trees, 3 per lin-
ear feet Understory
Plantings Barrier Feature Interruptions Optional Not Required Up to 25% of the length may be interrupted to provide access to adjacent property
N/A N/A
N/A N/A
Optional Barrier feature Up to 10% of the must be mini- length may be mum of three (3) interrupted to Optional feet in height: provide access hedge, berm, to adjacent propfence, wall or erty
combination
One shrub or
ornamental tree
per 150 square
feet
Bufferyard Op-
Bufferyard Type tions Bufferyard Width
4. Natural buffer 20 feet area
5. Open space 30 feet buffer area
Bufferyard C 1. Medium can- 25 feet opy trees, 4 per
100 linear feet
2. Large canopy 35+ feet trees, 3 per 100
linear feet
3. Tall conifer 35+ feet trees, stagger
planted 20' on
center, with
branches touch-
ing the ground
4. Natural buffer 35 feet area
5. Open space 50 feet buffer area
Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 15.6
Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.