(a) No person, firm or corporation shall solicit for or engage in any kind of forestry or tree surgery work for another person, firm or corporation within the City without first obtaining a forestry and tree surgery permit from the Service Director. Such permit shall be granted under the direction of the Service Director upon the filing of a proper application to be furnished by the Service Director and upon the applicant's furnishing proof satisfactory to the Service Director that the applicant is reasonably qualified by experience, training and reputation to engage in such forestry or tree surgery work, and that the applicant is prepared and agrees to remove any and all tree branches, logs, stumps and other debris resulting from such work from the premises wherein the work was performed to a proper disposal site as determined by the City, within five days from the date of the cutting of the branches, logs, stumps and other debris in the performance of such work.
(b) Prior to the issuance of such permit, the applicant shall file certificates of insurance or evidence thereof with the Service Director that he or she is protected under Worker's Compensation Acts and that he or she maintains such insurance as will protect him or her from other claims for damages to property or for personal injury, including death, which may arise from operations under such permit, whether such operations are by the permit holder or any other permit holder who may be a subcontractor employed thereby or anyone directly or indirectly employed by the permit holder or subcontractor thereof. The permit holder shall file with the Service Director and maintain in force, naming the City as insured, a contractor's liability policy in a form approved by the Director of Law, covering all operations within the City by the permit holder on either public or private property in limits of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) bodily injury or wrongful death for each person, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for each accident and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) property damage. All casualty insurance policies so deposited shall have attached to them a rider in substance as follows: This policy, within its limits and coverage provided, shall be for the benefit of the City of Euclid, and afford it protection, whether or not its liability is statutory.
(c) A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be charged for the issuing of such permit and each such permit shall be for the period of one year.