(A) Planting, maintenance, or removal.
(1) No Person Shall plant, spray, fertilize, preserve, prune, remove, cut above ground, or otherwise disturb any tree on any Street or municipal-owned property without first filing an application and procuring a permit from the Municipal Tree Inspector or otherwise specified municipal authority. The permit fee Shall be in accordance with the current city fee schedule, as amended. The Person receiving the permit Shall abide by the arboricultural specifications and standards of practice adopted by the Municipal Tree Inspector.
(2) Application for permits must be made at the office of the City Clerk-Administrator not less than 48 hours in advance of the time the work is to be done.
(3) The Municipal Tree Inspector Shall issue the permit provided for herein if, in their judgment, the proposed work is desirable and the proposed method and workmanship thereof are of a satisfactory nature. Any permit granted Shall contain a definite date of expiration and the work Shall be completed in the time allowed on the permit and in the manner as therein described. Any permit Shall be void if its terms are violated.
(4) Notice of completion Shall be given within five days of the Municipal Tree Inspector for their inspection.
(B) Planting.
(1) Application data. The application required herein Shall state the number of trees to be set out; the location, grade, species, cultivar, or variety of each tree; the method of planting; and such other information as the Municipal Tree Inspector Shall find reasonably necessary to a fair determination of whether a permit should be issued.
(2) Improper planting. Whenever any tree Shall be planted or set out in conflict with the provisions of this section, it Shall be lawful for the Municipal Tree Inspector to remove or cause removal of the same, and the exact cost thereof Shall be assessed to the owner as provided by law in the case of special assessments.
(C) Maintenance. The application required herein Shall state the number and kinds of trees to be sprayed, fertilized, pruned, or otherwise preserved; the kind of treatment to be administered; the composition of the spray material to be applied; and such other information as the Municipal Tree Inspector Shall find reasonably necessary to be a fair determination of whether a permit should be issued.
(D) Removal, replanting and replacement.
(1) Wherever it is necessary to remove a tree or trees from the Tree Lawn in connection with the paving of a sidewalk, or the paving or widening of the portion of a Street Or Highway used for vehicular traffic, the Municipality Shall replant such trees or replace them. Provided that conditions prevent planting on Tree Lawns, this requirement will be satisfied if any equivalent number of trees of the same size and species as provided for the arboricultural specifications are planted in an attractive manner on the adjoining property.
(2) No Person or Property Owner Shall remove a tree from the Tree Lawn for the purpose of construction, or for any other reason, without first filing an application and procuring a permit from the Municipal Tree Inspector, and without replacing the removed tree or trees in accordance with the adopted arboricultural specifications. Such replacement Shall meet the standards of size, species and placement as provided for in a permit issued by the Municipal Tree Inspector. The Person or Property Owner Shall bear the cost of removal and replacement of all trees removed.
Penalty, see § 94.99.