The City grants, to recognized public utilities, permission to complete necessary tree maintenance as described in the ordinance as it pertains to maintaining service to the utilities' customers. A recognized public utility shall be deemed to violate its granted permission and will become subject to the requirements of this ordinance if it is found to have aggressively damaged any tree or shrub regulated by this ordinance as determined by the City Arborist.
Aggressively damaged shall be defined as over excavation beyond the limits necessary to complete maintenance or repair of a public utility or trimming, removal or damage to trees beyond established limits of clearing to maintain service.
(Ord. 2007-94. Passed 9-19-07.)