(A) No individual, partnership or corporation may cut, trim, prune, plant, remove, spray or otherwise treat trees for financial remuneration within the city without first having secured a license from the city to conduct such business unless such individual, partnership, or corporation is the owner of the property on which such tree is located.
(B) The application for a license shall be made on a form approved by the city which shows, among other things, the name and address of the applicant, the number of vehicles of applicant, together with a description and license number of each vehicle, the type of equipment proposed to be used, and a description of the primary disposal site for any trees to be removed.
(C) No license or renewal shall be granted, nor shall the same be effective, until the applicant shall file with the city a certificate of insurance providing proof of a public liability insurance policy covering all operations of such applicant under this section for the sum of at least $100,000 against liability for bodily injuries or death for each person, for the sum of at least $300,000 against liability for bodily injuries or death to more than one person from one accident and for at least $100,000 against liability for damage or destruction of property. The city shall be named and the insurance provided shall include the city as an additional party insured. Said policy shall provide that it may not be canceled by the insurer except after ten days’ written notice to the city, and if such insurance is so canceled and the licensee shall fail to replace the same with another policy conforming to the provisions of this section, said license shall be automatically suspended until such insurance shall have been replaced. No individual, partnership or corporation required to be licensed under this section may perform any tree services within the city without first having filed the liability insurance required by this section.
(D) Each license applicant shall file with the City License Clerk a certificate of insurance indicating workers’ compensation when such insurance is required by state statute. No individual, partnership or corporation required to be licensed under this section may perform any tree services within the city without having first filed the certificate of workers’ compensation insurance required by this section.
(E) No license shall be granted to any applicant if the primary disposal site for trees is not approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Upon request of the City License Clerk or his representative, any licensee shall forthwith supply evidence that such licensee has dumped or disposed of all diseased trees only at sites approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Should such evidence not be supplied within ten days of such request, such license shall be suspended until such evidence shall be supplied.
(F) The annual license fee shall be set by resolution of the City Council. Any individual, partnership or corporation violating any provision of this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided by § 1.999.
(`77 Code, § 5.610) (Am. Ord. 1377, passed 10-12-98)