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1.08 PALM PRUNING SPECIFICATIONS <br />Palm pruning shall include, but not be limited to, the pruning of the following palms <br />(Syagrus romanzoffianum (queen palm), Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (king palm), <br />Phoenix Canariensis (Canary Island date palm), Phoenix Dactylifera (date palm), <br />Washingtonia filifera (California fan palm); and Washingtonia Robusta (Mexican fan <br />palm) per these specifications. <br />a. The removal of all dead fronds and other dead plant parts from the trunk. All loose <br />frond sheaths shall be removed along the entire length of the palm trunk. <br />b. The removal of all flowers and fruit parts whether dead or alive. <br />c. The use of climbing spurs or spike shoes in the act of pruning trees is prohibited, <br />excepting palms that are more than sixty-five (65) feet in height. <br />d. Canary Island date palm (Phoenix Canariensis) trunks shall be cleaned of any weed <br />species. The immediate area below the green fronds shall be trimmed to a <br />symmetrical (pineapple) appearance. The shape shall not exceed a minimum of forty- <br />eight (48) inches or a maximum of sixty- (60) inches length below the green fronds. <br />The trunk when pruning operations are complete shall be left in a clean, unscathed <br />appearance throughout the entire length of the palm trunk. Canary Island date palms <br />shall be pruned using a sterilized handsaw. The handsaw must be cleaned and <br />sterilized before and after pruning each tree. <br />All volunteer palm seedlings must be removed that are growing within the streets, <br />parkways, or setback dedicated areas. <br />1.09 UNACCEPTABLE PRUNING <br />The following procedures, or others that will result in tree decline, are not allowed (storm <br />damage and other extenuating circumstances exempted): <br />a. Severe cutting back of all growing tips usually referred to as topping, pollarding, or <br />hat racking. <br />b. Flush cutting where a cut is made even with the surface of the trunk or limb, <br />removing the branch collar and branch bark ridge. <br />Stub cutting where branch removal results in the base of branch removed protruding <br />more than approximately one fourth (1/4) inch beyond the zone of branch collar and <br />branch bark ridge. <br />d. Removal of a healthy main leader, for reasons other than power line clearance. <br />e. Excessive cutting or lifting that exceeds the International Society of Arboriculture or <br />SAPRF standards. <br />25A-54