(A) License. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of selling trees commonly called “Christmas trees”, in the city without first obtaining a license.
(B) Written consent to cut trees required. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell at any time or to offer for sale in the city any Christmas tree cut or procured from or within the public domain of the United States, or of the State of Utah or from any private lands within or without the State of Utah, without written authority having been first obtained from the United States, said State of Utah or from the owner of such private lands, as the case may be, to cut and remove such trees.
(C) Unlawful to possess or sell untagged trees. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession for sale, or to sell or offer for sale in the city, trees from the sources described in division (B) above, unless the same shall have been officially tagged with a tag furnished or approved either by the United States Forest Service or the Department of Forestry of the state.
(D) Application for license. Any person desiring a license to sell and dispose of such trees within the city shall make application to the Department. Such application shall specifically state and set forth the source of title to the trees to be sold and whether said trees, or any of them, were cut or procured within any public domain of the United States, the State of Utah, or from any private lands, either within or without the State of Utah. Applicants shall be required in connection with such application to furnish the Department with evidence of ownership of such trees and/or authority to cut and procure the same from the public domain or from private lands.
(E) Issuing of license and license period. Upon satisfactory showing made by the applicant that he or she has a bona fide title to said trees and that the same were not obtained illegally or in violation of any laws of the United States, or of the State of Utah, or any law, rule or regulation of the state or county from which such trees have been obtained, and that the applicant has authority to cut and procure the same from either the public domain or from private land, the Department shall grant to such applicant a license upon the payment of a fee which shall be determined by resolution. Such license shall be valid for a period of 60 days from November 1 of each year.
(F) Location. Christmas tree sales must be located on a commercial or industrial business parking lot and not on or within the landscape area of said business site.
(G) Clean-up deposit. A cleanup deposit as set by resolution of the City Council shall be required of the licensee to assure the removal of unsold trees and related debris remaining on the premises to the conclusion of the license period. Said deposit shall be refunded to the licensee; provided, the premises are left clean and free of unsold trees and related debris as determined by inspection.
(Prior Code, § 14.06.060) Penalty, see § 116.999