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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.