(A) The Director shall have control over all trees located within the street rights-of-way and parks in the city and the planting, care and removal thereof, subject to the regulations authorized in this chapter. The owner of land abutting on any street may, upon obtaining prior written permission of the director, prune, spray, plant or remove trees in that part of the street abutting his land not used for public travel, but no person shall otherwise prune, spray, plant or remove any tree in any street or park. Every such permit shall specifically state the extent of the authorization and the conditions to which it is subject.
(B) Where an owner of abutting property requests the removal of a tree, the Director is authorized, in his discretion, to require as a condition of granting of approval for such removal that such property owner make the removal in accordance with regulations established by the Department, assume all or any part of the costs of removing such tree, and also to require that the tree removed be replaced at some other nearby location by planting another tree, not necessarily of the same type.
(C) Permits must be obtained and will be issued free of charge to persons planting, pruning and removing trees on public or private property.
(D) No permit shall be issued until the tree contractor furnishes a certificate of liability insurance indicating an amount of $50,000 for bodily injury to any one person, and an aggregate amount of $100,000 for any persons injured in any one occurrence, and $5,000 for property damage.
(‘68 Code, § 7-604) (Ord. 301, passed 4-1-68) Penalty, see § 10.99