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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BATTLE CREEK MICHIGAN
PREMILINARY UNIT
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
TITLE TWO - Business Regulation
CHAPTER 802 Licensing in General; Fees, Bonds and Insurance
CHAPTER 803 Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 804 Ambulance Services
CHAPTER 805 Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 806 Auctions and Auctioneers
CHAPTER 808 Bowling Alleys
CHAPTER 810 Cable Television
CHAPTER 812 Carnivals and Shows
CHAPTER 814 Downtown Business District Regulations
CHAPTER 815 Special Events
CHAPTER 816 Circuses
CHAPTER 817 Commercial Quadricycles
CHAPTER 818 Hotel, Motel, and Tourist Home
CHAPTER 819 Electric Skateboards/Electric Scooters
CHAPTER 820 Commercial Airlines
CHAPTER 822 Commercial Businesses
CHAPTER 824 Dances and Dance Halls
CHAPTER 826 Fumigators
CHAPTER 827 Garage Sales
CHAPTER 828 Gasoline Stations
CHAPTER 829 Limousine Services
CHAPTER 830 Mechanical Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 831 Liquor Licenses
CHAPTER 832 Mechanical Amusement Rides
CHAPTER 833 Medical Marihuana Facilities
CHAPTER 834 Open Parking Stations
CHAPTER 835 Adult Use Marihuana Establishments
CHAPTER 836 Pawnbrokers; Secondhand Goods and Junk Dealers
CHAPTER 838 Peddlers
CHAPTER 840 Pool and Billiard Rooms
CHAPTER 841 Precious Metal and Gem Dealers
CHAPTER 842 Rental Housing
CHAPTER 844 Shooting Galleries, Target Areas and Gun Clubs
CHAPTER 845 Sidewalk Cafes
CHAPTER 846 Skating Rinks
CHAPTER 848 Solicitors
CHAPTER 850 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 852 Tent Shows and Meetings
CHAPTER 854 Theaters
CHAPTER 856 Theme and Recreation Parks
CHAPTER 858 Transient Merchants
CHAPTER 860 Tree Trimming, Cutting or Removing
CHAPTER 862 Used Motor Vehicle Sales Lots
CHAPTER 864 Vendors
CHAPTER 866 Drop Boxes
TITLE FOUR - Taxation
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 860
Tree Trimming, Cutting or Removing
860.01   License required; insurance; fee.
860.02   Trees on public property.
860.03   Safety standards; disposal of clippings and debris.
860.04   Revocation of licenses.
860.05   Exceptions.
860.06   Compliance required.
860.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Trees in vicinity of airports and landing fields - see M.C.L.A. Sec. 259.156
   Deposit of clippings and other debris into public ways - see GEN. OFF. 672.17
   Licensing in general; fees, bonds and insurance - see B.R. &T. Ch. 802
   Trees generally - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 1026
860.01 LICENSE REQUIRED; INSURANCE; FEE.
   No person shall engage in the business of cutting down, removing or trimming trees without first obtaining a license therefor. This license shall be known as a forestry contractor's license. Every forestry contractor licensee shall file with the City Clerk evidence of liability insurance coverage in the amount prescribed in the schedule provided for in Section 802.24. The fee for a forestry contractor's license shall be as specified in the schedule provided for in Section 802.24.
(Ord. 5-84. Passed 2-7-84.)
860.02 TREES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
   No person shall cut down, remove or trim any tree on any public parkway or other property owned by the City without the permission of the Director of Public Service or his or her designated agent.
(Ord. 5-84. Passed 2-7-84.)
860.03 SAFETY STANDARDS; DISPOSAL OF CLIPPINGS AND DEBRIS.
   (a)   In cutting down, removing or trimming trees, the safety standards regarding tree trimming and removal, as promulgated by the General Industry Safety Standards Commission, Michigan Department of Labor, being Part 53 at R 408.15301 et. seq., as amended, of the 1979 Michigan Administrative Code, shall be complied with.
   (b)   Section 672.17 of these Codified Ordinances, regarding the deposit of clippings and debris, shall be complied with.
(Ord. 5-84. Passed 2-7-84.)
860.04 REVOCATION OF LICENSES.
   Any license issued under this chapter may be revoked for any violation of this chapter or for any violation of the State Safety Standards set forth in Section 860.03(a).
(Ord. 5-84. Passed 2-7-84.)
860.05 EXCEPTIONS.
   This chapter shall not apply to the cutting down, removal or trimming of trees done by:
   (a)   The City or its contractors;
   (b)   A public utility or its contractors;
   (c)   Any property owner on his or her own land.
(Ord. 5-84. Passed 2-7-84.)
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