(A) During any construction or land development, protective barriers of specifications, approved by the city shall be placed at the trees' drip line unless this procedure creates an unsafe condition or impedes traffic flow and maintained around all trees to be retained on the site to prevent their destruction or damage, and the developer shall use every precaution possible to avoid damaging such trees by preventing the use or storage of materials or equipment, or the contamination of soil with such materials as paint, oil, solvents, asphalt, concrete, mortar, and the like, within the "drip line."
(B) No attachments, other than those of a protective or nondamaging nature, shall be attached to any tree except those trees approved by the city to be eliminated and not to be retained or relocated.
(‘72 Code, § 22½-6) (Ord. O-73-31, passed 5-16-73)
(C) In the erection or repairing of any building or structure, the owner thereof shall place such guards around all nearby trees, shrubs or vines, so as to effectively prevent injury to them.
(‘72 Code, § 29-46) (Am. Ord. O-2001-23, passed 6-30-01)
(D) Builders shall use retaining wells, dry wall and stem wall construction to protect trees on site. Building footprints shall be relocated to protect trees whenever possible.
(E) Any damage to trees during construction will require corrective pruning to the tree canopy or root system as determined by the City's Landscape Inspector.
(F) Any encroachments, excavations, or change of the existing grade within the drip line of a tree shall be prohibited unless it can be demonstrated prior to the commencement of said activity, that the activity will not negatively impact any tree.
(G) Whenever any tree work is being performed by any person, company, partnership, corporation or service that is not in compliance with the City of Hollywood's Code of Ordinances and/or the Zoning and Land Development Regulations, the city's Landscape Inspector may order that the work be stopped and such persons performing such tree work shall immediately cease such tree work. The tree work may not resume until such time as the person is in compliance with this chapter, the City's Code of Ordinances and/or the Zoning and Land Development Regulations.
(Am. Ord. O-99-35, passed 10-20-99; Am. Ord. O-2003-42, passed 12-17-03) Penalty, see § 106.99