(A) This article is intended to require labeling information that will enable residents to make knowledgeable and informed decisions about planting certain trees and shrubs insofar as their potential for allergen production and water requirements. This should assist in accomplishing the further intent of this article of discouraging the planting of those trees and shrubs which create the greatest pollen health problems and which excessively consume scarce city water.
(B) It is further intended that adequate sampling and measuring of the pollen content of the air within the city shall occur on an appropriate periodic basis utilizing state-of-the-art measuring equipment.
(C) It is further intended that the sale and purchase of those wind-pollinated trees of certain genera, species or cultivars/varieties, known to produce aeroallergens at serious public health levels shall be prohibited.
(D) It is further intended that the city utilize appropriate resources to provide public education that promotes community awareness on the issue of tree pollen.
(E) It is further intended that the city shall determine the relative numbers of wind pollinated trees of selected genera by means of inventory and survey of public and private landscaping within the city, excluding the bosque, as follows:
(1) Public Property. Trees on public property shall be inventoried by the City Forester.
(2) Private Property. Tree numbers on private property shall be determined by means of a scientifically designed and statistically valid survey managed by the city.
Results of the inventory and survey shall be provided by the Mayor and Council every five years.
(Ord. 34-1994; Am. Ord. 45-1996; Am. Ord. 40-2004)