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CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER of THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
VOLUME I
VOLUME II
CHAPTER 29 RESERVED
CHAPTER 29A RESERVED
CHAPTER 30 NOISE
CHAPTER 31 OFFENSES - MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 31A OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 32 PARKS AND WATER RESERVOIRS
CHAPTER 33 ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
CHAPTER 34 PERSONNEL RULES
CHAPTER 35 RESERVED
CHAPTER 36 POLES AND WIRES
CHAPTER 37 POLICE
CHAPTER 37A POLICE AND FIRE WELFARE FUND
CHAPTER 38 PRIVATE DETECTIVES
CHAPTER 38A PROMOTERS
CHAPTER 39 RAILROADS
CHAPTER 39A RELOCATION ASSISTANCE - EMINENT DOMAIN
CHAPTER 39B REGULATED PROPERTY - PURCHASE AND SALE
CHAPTER 39C RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
CHAPTER 40 RAT CONTROL
CHAPTER 40A RETIREMENT
CHAPTER 40B SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS
CHAPTER 41 SMOKING
CHAPTER 41A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 42 HOME SOLICITATIONS
CHAPTER 42A SPECIAL EVENTS; NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS; DALLAS FARMERS MARKET FARMERS MARKET; STREETLIGHT POLE BANNERS
CHAPTER 42B SHORT-TERM RENTALS
CHAPTER 43 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 43A SWIMMING POOLS
CHAPTER 44 TAXATION
CHAPTER 45 TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER PROGRAM
CHAPTER 46 UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES RELATING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION
CHAPTER 47 TRAILERS, TRAILER PARKS AND TOURIST CAMPS
CHAPTER 47A TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE
CHAPTER 48 TREES AND SHRUBS
CHAPTER 48A VEHICLE TOW SERVICE
CHAPTER 48B VACANT BUILDINGS AND LOTS
CHAPTER 48C VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION SERVICE
CHAPTER 49 WATER AND WASTEWATER
CHAPTER 50 CONSUMER AFFAIRS
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VOLUME III
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SEC. 48-8.   REMOVAL OF ELECTRIC WIRES TO PERMIT PRUNING, ETC.
   Every person having any wire or wires charged with electricity running through a public highway shall temporarily remove any such wire or wires or the electricity therefrom when it shall be necessary, in order to take down or prune any trees growing in a public highway, within 48 hours after service upon the owner of such wires, or his agent, of a written notice signed by the director of the park department, to remove the wire or wires or the electricity therefrom. (Code 1941, Art. 147-9)
SEC. 48-9.   INJURING TREES, SHRUBS OR PLANTS ON ANOTHER’S PROPERTY.
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, injure, mutilate or destroy any shrub, plant or tree in the city, in or upon property not belonging to such person, without the permission of the owner of the property.
   (b)   Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of an offense. (Code 1941, Art. 87-3; Ord. 19963)
SEC. 48-10.   DISCHARGE OF OIL, BRINE OR SUBSTANCE LIKELY TO INJURE GRASS, SHRUBS OR TREES.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, or his agent, servant, or employee, while handling, using, or transporting any oil, salt water, brine, or other substance or liquid of any character in connection with any ice cream business, oil business, or other character or kind of business, or otherwise, to suffer or permit any of the substance or liquid to drip upon or be thrown or discharged into any street or gutter of any street, or on any sidewalk or parkway on any street, so that the substance or liquid may injure or likely or probably cause injury to any growing grass plot, shrubbery, or tree, or to discharge any of the substance or liquid into any gutter of any street or otherwise so that the substance or liquid may flow onto or near any growing grass plot, shrubbery, or tree so as to injure or likely or probably cause injury to the grass plot, shrubbery, or tree; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from discharging, throwing, or placing any substance or liquid described in this section into the inlet of any sewer that may be in any street where the substance or liquid will not cause injury to any shrubbery, grass, or tree, save and except that nothing shall be placed or discharged in any inlet that is likely to cause fire or combustion or that may be otherwise prohibited by this code or any other city ordinance. Any person, or his agent, servant, or employee, who violates any provision of this section shall is guilty of an offense. (Code 1941, Art. 87-16; Ord. 19963)
SEC. 48-11.   DUTY TO REMOVE DEAD, DISEASED, AND DAMAGED TREES FROM PARKWAY.
   (a)   Every person owning, occupying, or in control of property shall, at the person’s own expense, remove any dead, diseased, or damaged tree from the parkway abutting the property owned, occupied, or controlled by the person.
   (b)   The park department may remove a dead, diseased, or damaged tree from a parkway at the request of the owner, occupant, or person in control of the abutting property or upon failure of the owner, occupant, or person in control of the abutting property to remove the tree after being issued notice of removal by the park department. The fee for removal of a dead, diseased, or damaged tree from a parkway is $75.
   (c)   For purposes of this section, parkway means the area along a public street between the curb and the sidewalk. (Ord. 20736)