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(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.
(Amended by Ord. No. 166,973, Eff. 7/1/91.)
A fee shall be charged for each permit issued by the Board for the removal or cutting down of any tree in or upon any street or parkway in the City. Such permit fee shall provide for the removal or cutting down of ten (10) or less trees. Any permit for removal or cutting down of more than ten (10) trees shall require an additional fee for each additional unit of ten (10) trees, or any fraction thereof. Such permit shall specifically describe the work to be done, and shall be void thirty (30) days from the date of issuance. No fee shall be charged for any permit to plant any tree, shrub or plant.
The Board shall waive any permit fee required by this section for the removal of a live parkway tree if it determines that the root system of the tree is a primary cause of any sidewalk, curb, driveway, sewer or structure repair required.
The fees herein shall be determined and adopted in the same manner as provided in Section 12.37 I.1. of the Los Angeles Municipal Code for establishing fees.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
No person shall move any building or other object along any street in such manner as to injure any tree or shrub in such street without first having obtained a permit therefor from the Board, and said Board may, if deemed advisable, require any person moving a building or any other object along a street in said City to furnish a bond in an amount sufficient to cover the damage or destruction of trees or shrubs on any street.
(Added by Ord. No. 153,500, Eff. 4/18/80.)
Tree stakes or guards may be placed around trees, shrubs or plants by the Board, by its authorized officers or employee, or by property owners, provided the same are merely placed near a tree, shrub or plant, for the purpose of protecting or training such trees, shrubs or plants.
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