Sec. 48-1. Park board - Authority to regulate planting, cutting, etc.
Sec. 48-2. Same - Appointment and qualifications of city forester.
Sec. 48-3. Duty to encourage planting of trees; pecuniary interest in marketing trees.
Sec. 48-4. Permits required for planting, trimming, spraying, etc.
Sec. 48-5. Injuring trees.
Sec. 48-6. Interfering with work of park board.
Sec. 48-7. Protection of trees in case of erection or repair of buildings.
Sec. 48-8. Removal of electric wires to permit pruning, etc.
Sec. 48-9. Injuring trees, shrubs or plants on another’s property.
Sec. 48-10. Discharge of oil, brine or substance likely to injure grass, shrubs or trees.
Sec. 48-11. Duty to remove dead, diseased, and damaged trees from parkway.
The park board shall have the power to regulate and control the planting, cutting, trimming and caring for all trees within the highways and streets of the city and shall make such rules and regulations governing the same as may be deemed advisable in conjunction with the city forester and shall from time to time make such rules and regulations as they may deem advisable concerning the planting, cutting and caring for trees and require the city forester to be governed thereby. (Code 1941, Art. 147-1)
The park board shall have the authority to appoint and employ a city forester and such other officers, assistants and laborers as it may deem necessary for the efficient administration of the duties prescribed by this chapter. No person shall be appointed to the office of city forester unless such person, at the date of his appointment, has satisfied the park board that he possesses at least four years of practical experience in regular forest service, two of which shall have been in city forestry, and also that he has a thorough knowledge of soils, insects and plant diseases as they affect trees and their growth. The park board shall have the power to establish such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary for the conduct of the city forester and for the administration of this chapter. (Code 1941, Art. 147-2; Ord. 8020)
It shall be the duty of the park board either directly or through the city forester to encourage the planting of trees within the city and to recommend the kind and character of trees to be planted which are suitable to the soil and will furnish the most practical results with a view of yielding shade and being ornamental in their nature. The city forester shall be courteous and attentive to the public in seeking advice and in aiding and assisting the public as well as encouraging the public in the planting of the proper kind of trees. No member of the park board nor the city forester shall be interested directly or indirectly in a pecuniary manner in selling or marketing any shade trees required to be used by the public but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the park board or the city forester from giving proper advice as to the kind and character of trees to be planted and the time when such planting shall be done and all other information that may be necessary for such purposes. (Code 1941, Art. 147-3; Ord. 8020)
It shall be unlawful for any person to plant or set out any shade trees or cause or authorize any person to plant or set out any shade trees in or on any public highway within the city without first obtaining from the director of the park department a written permit to do so. It shall be unlawful for any individual or officer or employee of a corporation without the written permit of director of the park department to cut, prune, break, climb, injure or remove any living tree in a public highway, or cut, disturb or interfere in any way with the roots of any tree on a public highway or spray with any chemicals or insecticides any tree in a public highway; or place any rope, sign, poster or other fixture on a tree or guard in a public highway; or injure, misuse or remove any device placed to protect such tree on a public highway. (Code 1941, Art. 147-4)
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