The permit fee for tree planting, based on the requirement of one tree between sidewalk and curb for each 40 feet or major fraction thereof, shall be $45 per tree. Any owner or contractor who finds it inadvisable or impossible to plant the required number and species of trees because of weather or other considerations may pay to the city the sum equal to the number of trees required multiplied by the unit fee per tree and such sum shall be used for the cost of purchasing and the labor for planning such tree or trees when the season of the year will permit it to be done, and shall be determined to have been met for the purpose of issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the premises involved.
(‘68 Code, § 6-2314) (Ord. 646, passed 2-2-87)