The parkway is the area between the sidewalk and the roadway. Trees planted on the parkway are owned by the village.  

Actions Prohibited By Village Ordinance

• Cutting down a parkway tree: without written consent from the Public Works Department.
• Wire in Trees: No person shall permanently attach or connect any electric or other wire to any tree on the parkway, nor permit any such wire to come in contact with a parkway tree.
• Signs: No person shall attach a sign, placard or poster on any tree growing in a parkway.
• Foreign Objects: No person shall attach any foreign object (screws, nails, chains, staples, etc.) without written consent from the Public Works Department.

Approved Parkway Tree Species 

Common Name

Scientific Name 

Cultivars 

Sugar Maple

Acer Saccharum

Green Mountain, Fairview, Goldspire

Hackberry

Celtis Occidentalis

Eurpoean Beech

Fagus Sylvatica

Ginkgo

Ginkgo Biloba

 Honey Locus

Gleditsia Triacanthos

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Cymnocladus Dioicus

London Plane Tree

Platanus Acerifolia

Swamp White Oak

Quercus Bicolor

Red Oak

Quercus Rubra

Basswood (American Linden)

Tilia Americana

Littleleaf Linden

Tilia Cordata

Chancellor, Greenspire, Redmond

Bradford Pear

Pyrus Calleryana

Aristocrat, Chanticleer, Redspire

Flowering Crabapple

Malus Sp.

Norway Maple

Acer Platanoides

Crimson King, Emerald Queen, Schwedler

Specifications for Planting Parkway Trees

• Trees must be planted ten (10) feet from any hydrant and five (5) feet from any water service.
• Trees must be planted ten (10) feet from any driveway and thirty-five (35) feet from any other tree.   
• Minimum trunk Size must be at least two and one half inches (2 1/2") in diameter.
• Tree must be off the Village's pre-approved species list.
• Call J.U.L.I.E. (free utilities locator) at 1-800-892-0123 for clearance before digging.
• The parkway has other utilites in it, therefore, a tree may not always be planted in a desired spot.