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(3) Protect the health and safety of residents. (4) Protect water quality and minimize stormwater runoff. (5) Help prevent erosion or flooding. (6) Assure orderly development within wooded areas to minimize tree loss and environmental degradation. (7) Establish a minimum standard for tree preservation and mitigation of environmental impacts resulting from tree removal. (8) Ensure the city's urban forest has a good age distribution, from young trees through large old specimen trees. Subd. 2. - Definitions. a.)The following words, terms and phrases, as used in this Section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section: Applicant means developer, builder, contractor, or owner who applies for a woodlot alteration, land use, grading, or building permit. Certified arborist means an arborist with up-to-date certification by the International Society of Arborists. City forester means a forester who is employed by the city or appropriate agent or independent contractor designated by the city administrator. Conifer tree means a woody plant that is a member of the division Pinophyta and at maturity is at least 12 feet or more in height. Conifers are cone bearing and most in our climate keep their leaves (also called needles) year-round. Tamarack (also called larch) is the one conifer in our climate that drops its needles in the fall. Control includes measures to prevent, slow the spread, suppress, eradicate, or destroy a shade tree disease or pests. Deciduous tree means a woody plant, which sheds leaves annually, having a defined crown and at maturity is at least 15 feet or more in height. Hardwood deciduous tree means all deciduous tree species except those listed as softwood deciduous trees below. Hazard tree means a tree that has structural defects that may cause the tree or tree part to fail, and the city forester determines that such failure could cause property damage or personal injury. Invasive species means species that are not native to Minnesota and cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. Shade tree means a woody perennial that at maturity is at least 15 feet in height and grown primarily for aesthetic or environmental purposes. Shade tree pest means any vertebrate or invertebrate animal, plant pathogen, or plant that is determined by the city council to be harmful, injurious, or destructive to shade trees or community forests.