Stedman, NC Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

3(h), amended December 1, 2005, sets the Town's street tree formula: take the total length of street frontage, add the distance to the last existing tree if an adjacent development already has an approved planting plan, and divide by 50 to get the required tree count, rounding per the fraction rule in the section. Numbered subsections fill in the planting specifications. Trees go in the center of a strip at least three feet wide between the back of the curb and the sidewalk, or wherever else the Town Board of Commissioners approves.

Species must be deciduous or evergreen varieties that reach a height of 30 feet at maturity as classified by the American Nursery Association, and the stock planted must be at least 2 inches caliper by American Nursery Association sizing standards. A developer can count healthy existing trees toward the requirement instead of planting new ones, but only with a Planning Staff recommendation and Town Board of Commissioners approval. However they are supplied, street trees cannot be spaced more than 50 feet apart along the frontage.

3(g), which requires a four-foot sidewalk on new development frontage (five feet on major or minor thoroughfares and collectors, and mandatory on Clinton Road regardless of zoning), so the street trees and required sidewalks are planned as one streetscape package reviewed by the Town.