(a) Planting, Maintenance or Removal.
(1) No person shall plant, remove, cut above ground or otherwise disturb any tree on any street or municipal-owned property except pruning without first filing an application and procuring a permit from the Clerk-Treasurer. The person receiving the permit shall abide by the Specifications and Standards of Practice adopted by the Shade Tree Commission.
(2) Before any license shall be issued, each applicant shall first file evidence of possession of liability insurance in the minimum amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for bodily injury or death and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) property damage indemnifying the Village of any person injured or damaged resulting from the pursuit of such endeavor as herein described.
(3) Application for permits must be made at the office of the Village Clerk- Treasurer not less than forty-eight hours in advance of the time the work is to be done.
(b) Removal, Replanting and Replacement.
(1) Wherever it is necessary to remove a tree or trees from a tree lawn in connection with the paving of a sidewalk, or the paving or widening of the portion of a street or highway used for vehicular traffic, the Municipality shall replant such trees or replace them. Provided that conditions prevent planting on tree lawn, this requirement will be satisfied if any equivalent number of trees of the same size and species as provided for in the Specifications are planted in an attractive manner on the adjoining property.
(2) No person or property owner shall remove a tree from the tree lawn for the purpose of construction, or for any other reason, without first filing an application and procuring a permit. Such replacement shall meet the standards of size, species and placement as provided for in the permit. The person or property owner shall bear the case of removal and replacement of all trees removed.
(Ord. 547. Passed 3-26-90.)