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(Amended by Ord. No. 183,474, Eff. 4/19/15.)
(a) Except as provided in Section 62.169, the Board, through its authorized officers and employees, shall have charge of and direct and supervise the planting, removal, trimming, pruning, cutting and maintenance of trees, plants and shrubs in the streets of the City, and shall have charge of all work incidental to the above activities, and shall issue all permits for the replacement, removal, planting, cutting, pruning or trimming of trees, shrubs and plants in the streets of the City.
(b) The Board, through its authorized officers and employees, shall determine the variety of trees, shrubs and plants that may be planted in, upon or along any street, or any portion thereof, and the distance apart at which such trees, shrubs or plants shall be planted.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
It shall be the duty of the Board, through its authorized officers and employees:
(a) Except as provided in Section 62.169 below, to set out or plant any and all shade trees and shrubbery on public streets or parkways, and to take general care and supervision of all trees, plants and shrubbery planted and growing in the streets of the City, and to encourage the planting, care and preservation of shade or ornamental trees and shrubbery in said streets as hereinafter set forth; (Amended by Ord. No. 183,474, Eff. 4/19/15.)
(b) To inspect all trees, shrubs and plants in all streets of the City which are open for travel, and, upon discovering that any such trees, shrubs or plants are infected or infested with scale, plant or animal life or growth or any insect detrimental to the growth, health or life of such trees, shrubs or plants, to remove, eradicate or destroy such condition. If any trees, shrubs or plants in any street are so infected or infested to such a degree that such condition cannot be removed, eradicated or destroyed by the usual means and efforts employed, such trees, shrubs or plants may be removed and destroyed if such removal and destruction is deemed appropriate by the Board;
(c) To inspect any and all trees, shrubs and plants which are in any street in said City, or which, standing on any private estate, overhang or project into any such street, to determine whether any of the same or any part thereof appears to be dead, liable to fall, dangerous or an obstruction to public travel on any such street.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
The Board, through its authorized officers and employees, shall prepare and keep records, maps or plans, showing the kinds of trees which have been planted, from time to time, upon the streets of the City, under the Board’s supervision.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
The Board, through its authorized officers or employees, shall prepare all reports required by law under any general laws of the State of California in connection with the planting or maintaining of trees on streets in the City, and said Board shall exercise the powers and duties that are now or that may hereafter be imposed by general laws of the State relating to tree planting, except such powers and duties as are placed on other officers, boards or employees by the Charter, and shall make recommendations to the Council from time to time as to what particular work should be ordered by the Council under the various tree planting acts of the State of California.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
The Board, through its authorized officers or employees, shall have charge of enforcing and carrying out the rules and regulations prescribed under Section 56.08 of this Code.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
In the event that the City shall itself undertake to do the actual work of planting and maintaining trees, shrubs, plants and lawns in any street under any general law of the State of California, or in conformity with any procedure or ordinance of the City of Los Angeles, the same shall be done by the Board and assessments shall be levied thereby. Collection of such assessments shall be made by the person designated by law to do so.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
In case any tree, shrub or plant in any street in the city, or standing on privately owned real property and overhanging or projecting into a public street, appears to be dead, liable to fall, dangerous, or an obstruction to public travel on any such street, the Board shall cause the same, or such parts thereof as are dead, liable to fall, dangerous, or an obstruction to such public travel, to be cut down, and, if in the street, to be removed therefrom. Before the Board causes any such tree or shrub to be cut down or removed, the Board shall give at least ten days written notice of its intention to so proceed to the owner, occupant, or agent of the property upon which the tree or shrub is located, or of the property which abuts that part of the street in which the tree or shrub is located, provided, however, that where the immediate cutting and removal of the tree is necessary to protect the public from danger, such notice shall not be required. Such an owner, occupant, or agent may file with the Board their objection to such cutting and removal. These objections must be filed within seven (7) days after the Board has given such notice of intent. In the event the objections are timely filed, the tree or shrub shall not be cut down or removed unless such owner, occupant, or agent has been given a reasonable opportunity to be heard in support of their objection. The Board’s determination after the hearing shall be set forth in writing and a copy thereof forwarded to the party who had filed the objections.
(Amended by Ord. No. 183,474, Eff. 4/19/15.)
(a) No person shall plant, remove, destroy, cut, prune or deface or in any manner injure any tree, shrub or plant in any street in the City, without first obtaining a permit to do so from the Board.
(b) No permit is required by the owner of property fronting the parkway portion of the street in an area zoned for residential use in order for the owner to remove existing shrubs and plants, but not trees, and replace the shrubs and plants with landscaping, including edible plant materials, provided the owner complies with the Residential Parkway Landscaping Guidelines adopted by the Board. Landscaping not consistent with the Residential Parkway Landscaping Guidelines shall only be allowed if the owner first obtains a permit from the Board.
(c) The owner of property fronting the parkway portion of the street in an area zoned for residential use who landscapes the owner’s parkway shall be required to maintain the landscaping in accordance with Residential Parkway Landscaping Guidelines adopted by the Board, and the provisions of this Code.
(d) The Board shall adopt Residential Parkway Landscaping Guidelines that shall identify the types of landscaping, including edible plant materials, which may be planted without a permit, as well as planting, siting and maintenance requirements for such landscaping.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
The Board may require, as a condition to any permit to remove or destroy a tree, that the permittee plant another tree of the type and size specified in the permit, within forty (40) days from the date of the issuance of the permit, in place of the tree to be destroyed or removed pursuant to the permit. It shall be a misdemeanor for a permittee to fail, refuse to comply with, or to willfully violate any condition or requirement imposed in such a permit.
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