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All street trees shall be planted according to the current approved and accepted guidelines for utility planting. No street trees shall be planted within five feet of any underground utility.
(Prior Code, § 91.109) (Ord. 24, passed 12-21-1992; Ord. 1, passed 1-2-1996) Penalty, see § 91.999
The city shall have the right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees, plants and shrubs within the right-of-way lines of all streets, alleys, avenues, lanes, squares and public grounds, as may be necessary to ensure public safety or to preserve or enhance the symmetry and beauty of such public grounds. The city’s Engineering Department may remove or cause or order to be removed, any tree or part thereof which is in an unsafe condition and could cause injury or damage to persons or property, or which by reason of its nature is damaging to sewers, electric power lines, gas lines, water lines or other public improvements, or is affected with any injurious fungus, insect or other pest. This section does not prohibit the planting of street trees by adjacent property owners providing that all selection and location of the trees is in accordance with §§ 91.090 through 91.094 of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 91.110) (Ord. 24, passed 12-21-1992)
It shall be unlawful as a normal practice for any person, firm or city department to top any street tree, park tree or other tree on public property. TOPPING is defined as the severe cutting back of limbs to stubs larger than three inches in diameter within the tree’s crown to such a degree so as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree. Trees severely damaged by storms or other causes, or certain trees under utility wires or other obstructions where other pruning practices are impractical may be exempted from this chapter at the determination of the city’s Engineering Department.
(Prior Code, § 91.111) (Ord. 24, passed 12-21-1992) Penalty, see § 91.999
Every owner/occupant of any tree overhanging any street or right-of-way within the city shall prune the branches so that such branches shall not obstruct the light from any street lamp or obstruct the view of any street intersection or sidewalk so as to not interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Said owners/occupants shall remove all dead, diseased or dangerous trees, or broken or decayed limbs which constitute a menace to the safety of the public. The city shall have the right to prune any tree or shrub on private property when it interferes with the proper spread of light along the street from a street light or interferes with visibility of any traffic-control device or sign or interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(Prior Code, § 91.112) (Ord. 24, passed 12-21-1992; Ord. 1-96, passed 1-2-1996) Penalty, see § 91.999
The city shall have the right to cause the removal of any dead diseased trees on private property within the city, when such trees constitute a hazard to life and property, or harbor insects or disease which constitute a potential threat to other trees within the city. The Engineering Department will notify in writing the owners of such trees. Removal shall be done by the owners at their own expense within 60 days after the date of service of notice. In the event of failure of owners to comply with such provisions, the city shall have the authority to remove such trees and charge the cost of removal on the owners’ property tax bills.
(Prior Code, § 91.113) (Ord. 24, passed 12-21-1992; Ord. 1-96, passed 1-2-1996)
All stumps of street and park trees shall be removed below the surface of the ground so that the top of the stump shall not project above the surface of the ground.
(Prior Code, § 91.114) (Ord. 24, passed 12-21-1992) Penalty, see § 91.999
It shall be unlawful for any person to prevent, delay or interfere with the city’s Engineering Department, or any of its agents, while engaging in and about planting, cultivating, mulching, pruning, spraying or removal of any street trees, park trees or trees on private grounds, as authorized in this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 91.115) (Ord. 24, passed 12-21-1992; Ord. 1-96, passed 1-2-1996) Penalty, see § 91.999
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