(A) City jurisdiction. The city shall have control of the city’s urban forests, including, but not limited to, street trees, shrubs, and other planting now or hereafter in any street, park, public right-of-way, easement, or other public place in the city. The city shall have the power to plant, care for, maintain, remove, and replace the trees, shrubs, or other plantings in the urban forests, and to regulate the care, maintenance, removal and replacement of these trees.
(B) Homeowner obligation to maintain street trees. Owners of property that abut city rights-of-way where street trees are located within the public right-of-way are required to maintain, care for, prune and, when necessary and allowed by a permit issued pursuant to this Chapter, remove and replace street trees. However, removal and replacement requires a permit issued pursuant this chapter.
(Ord. passed 1-16-1997; Am. Ord. 2011-10-01, passed 10-11-2011; Am. Ord. 2016-01-02, passed 2-9-2016)