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Any person or property owner granted permission to remove a tree from a tree lawn or other public place shall replace the removed tree or trees with a species designated in Section 1028.17. Replacement shall occur within a reasonable amount of time. The person or property owner shall bear the cost of replacing all trees removed. Projects initiated by the Municipality shall have the replacement costs included in the project costs. Trees removed by the Municipality may be replaced. Replacing trees in the same location is not necessary and sometimes not practical.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
The Director of Public Service, in consultation with a certified arborist, shall have the right to prune public trees in such manner that they will not obstruct or shade street lights, obstruct the passage of pedestrians on sidewalks, obstruct the vision of traffic signs or obstruct the view of any street intersection. The Municipality shall have the right to remove all public trees which are dead, diseased or dangerous trees, or broken or decayed limbs which constitute a menace to the safety of the public. Minimum clearances shall be maintained for any overhanging portion over sidewalks, streets and truck thoroughfares.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
No person, firm or Municipal department shall top any public tree. Public trees severely damaged by storms or other causes, or certain trees under utility wires or other obstructions where other pruning practices are impractical, may be exempted from this section at the determination of the Service Director.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
All trees standing upon private property in the Municipality having branches projecting into public highways or public places shall, and under the supervision of the Director of Public Service in consultation with a certified arborist, be kept trimmed by the owner or occupant of such private property to such an extent that the lowest branches of such trees shall not come within nine feet of the ground where they overhang any public sidewalk, public place or public highway. The Municipality shall advise property owners of the need for pruning or removal of any trees on private property within the Municipality when such tree(s) constitutes a hazard to public property or to any person using said public property or to any person or public property. If, after giving reasonable notice to the property owner, the hazard continues, the Municipality shall prune or remove the tree(s) and invoice the property owner for the cost. In the event that the property owner fails to pay, the amount charged to the property owner shall be a lien on the property and said amount shall be certified by the Finance Director to the County Auditor, to be placed on the tax duplicate and collected the same as other taxes as provided by law.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
Unless specifically authorized by the Service Director, no person shall intentionally damage, cut, carve, transplant, whether above or below ground, or remove any public tree, attach any rope, wire, nail, advertising poster or other contrivance to any public tree, allow any gaseous liquid or solid substance which is harmful to such trees to come in contact with them, or set fire to any public tree or permit any fire to burn when such fire or the heat therefrom will injure any portion of any public tree. No person shall pour salt water or a chemical or chemicals upon any street in such a way as to injure any tree planted or growing thereon. The Municipality shall not be restricted in the use of anti-icing materials.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
Except in situations where the Municipality is engaging in stormwater control measures, ditch maintenance, public sanitary sewer or waterline work:
(a) All trees on tree lawns or in other public places near any excavation, construction or renovation of any building or structure, or any street work, shall be guarded with a protective device such as a substantial fence, frame or box not less than four feet high and eight feet square or placed at a distance in feet from the tree equal to the diameter of the trunk in inches, measured at a trunk height of approximately four and one-half inches from the ground, (D.B.H.), whichever is greater, and all building material, dirt or other debris shall be kept outside the barrier. The protective device must be structurally sound and capable of protecting the trees from all expected encroachment by debris and machinery associated with said excavation and/or construction.
(b) No person shall excavate any ditches, tunnels or trenches or lay any drive within a radius of ten feet from any public tree without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the Service Director.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
No person shall deposit, place, store or maintain upon any public places any stone, brick, sand, concrete or other materials which may impede the free passage of water, air or fertilizer to the roots of any tree growing therein, except by written permit of the Service Director.
(Ord. 90-21. Passed 11-22-21.)
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