(a) No person, contractor or City department shall hereafter plant, remove, prune, or treat with growth inhibiting measures, any trees growing along any public streets or ways, without obtaining a public tree permit from the Safety Service Director. A public tree permit shall be free of charge and shall specify the number of trees, size, type, species, and location to be planted, pruned, treated or removed.
(b) Public tree permit applications shall be reviewed by the City Tree Commission prior to being issued by the Safety Service Director. All permits for pruning of public trees shall be in conformance with the most recent standards set forth by the National Arborist Association Pruning Standards for Shade Trees and in compliance with American National Standards Institute guidelines. (ANSI A300).
(c) Public tree permits shall be valid for a maximum period of sixty days, unless otherwise specified. All work approved by the permit shall be completed in the time specified by the permit and in the manner described. Permits shall be considered void if the terms are violated.
(d) The Safety Service Director or an appropriate designee shall have the authority to deny a permit to any person or contractor who proposes to plant any tree upon a public street or way if the tree is of a size, type or species determined to be undesirable for the proposed location, or if the location is determined to be unsuitable for such tree.
(e) No person or firm shall engage in the business or occupation of pruning, treating, or removing trees within the City without first applying for and procuring a license. Before any license shall be issued, any individual, partnership, corporation and/or association shall furnish proof to the Safety Service Director of liability insurance in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per occurrence and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per aggregate occurrence for personal injury and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for property damage.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the owner of land upon which a tree is trimmed or removed to obtain a license to trim or remove a tree on the owner’s property.
(Ord. 4-06. Passed 1-23-06.)
(Ord. 4-06. Passed 1-23-06.)