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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 53-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="53-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Breast height.">“Breast height” means 4.5 feet off of the ground.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Caliper inch.">“Caliper inch” means 6 inches off of the ground.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Inch-for-inch replacement.">“Inch-for-inch replacement” means the tree removal and replacement standard used by the Department of Recreation and Parks that requires a person to plant a tree or trees with an equal or greater sum diameter, as measured in inches, to the sum diameter of all trees removed by that person, as measured in inches.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Permit holder.">“Permit holder” means a person to whom the Department of Recreation and Parks has issued a written permit to remove a tree under subsection (c) of &lt;cite data-path="7|§53-15"&gt;§ 53-15 {“Tree Removal - Street”}&lt;/cite&gt; or &lt;cite data-path="7|§53-16"&gt;§ 53-16 {“Tree Removal - Parks”}&lt;/cite&gt; of this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Root zone.">“Root zone” means a circular region, measured outward from a tree’s trunk, that represents the essential area of the tree’s roots that must be maintained or protected for the tree’s survival.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Tree.">The word “trees”, as used in this subtitle, shall not be construed to include shrubs that do not grow higher than 15 feet.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 45, §185</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 35, §101</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 26, §104</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 26 § 109</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 12-154</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 46-396</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
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