Any person, firm or corporation who is the owner or builder of any house or other buildings which shall be constructed and erected within the corporate limits of the City shall deposit the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) with the Building Commissioner to cover all expenses for the planting of a tree on the tree lawn abutting such house or other building. One tree shall be planted for each multiple of forty feet of frontage of the lot wherein such house or other building is so constructed and erected. A minimum of one tree shall be planted for each house or other building regardless of the frontage of the lot.
Such tree shall comply with the Master Street Tree Plan as heretofore set out in this chapter. The Commissioner shall not issue a building permit to any person, firm or corporation engaged in the construction of houses or buildings for resale until such person, firm or corporation shall have complied with the requirements of this section.
(Ord. 24-1981. Passed 4-27-81.)