(A) The Village Forester is hereby charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of this chapter and may serve notice to any person, partnership, firm or corporation or other legal entity that violates any provision of this chapter by the institution of legal proceedings as may be required. Violations of this chapter shall be turned over to the Police Department for investigation and for further action under the terms of Chapter 94. A minimum penalty of $200 per diameter inch, measured four and one-half feet off the ground, shall be assessed all damaged or destroyed trees. In addition to the minimum penalty, or any other penalty imposed for violation of this chapter, any person who shall cause physical damage to or destroy any public tree shall be liable for the cost of repairing and/or replacing such damaged or destroyed public tree. The parent or parents of an unemancipated minor child are responsible for all penalties levied against such child.
(Prior Code, § 14.01(8)(15))
(B) If a person is found to have damaged a public tree as set forth in § 91.13, he or she will be charged $200 per diameter inch measured at four and one-half inches above ground for every tree damaged.
(Prior Code, § 14.01(8)(13))
(C) For violations of § 91.15(B), a minimum penalty of $500 per day shall be assessed. In addition, if the tree root protection zone is not maintained, the contractor is responsible for any cost associated with any damage done to any tree(s) in the tree root protection zone.
(Prior Code, § 14.01(8)(14))
(Ord. passed 3-11-2009)