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12.16.010   Planting-Permit required-Application.
   A.   It is unlawful to plant any tree or bush in any public street or parkway or other public place without having secured a permit therefor.
   B.   Applications for the permit required by the subsection A of this section shall be made to the city manager and referred by him to the street supervisor before issuance.
   C.   All trees and shrubs planted shall be placed subject to the direction and approval of the commission. (Prior code §§ 4-4-38-4-4-40)
12.16.020   Rock gardens prohibited in parkways.
   No rock gardens, boulders, benches or fences shall be built or maintained in any parkway. (Prior code § 4-4-43)
12.16.030   Overhanging or dangerous trees.
   A.   Any tree or shrub which overhangs any sidewalk, street or other public place in the city in such a way as to impede or interfere with traffic or travel, or within ten feet of a street or seven feet of a sidewalk level, shall be trimmed by the owner of the premises abutting or of the premises on which such tree or shrub grows so that the obstruction shall cease.
   B.   Any tree or limb of a tree which has become likely to fall on or across any public way or place shall be removed by the owner of the premises on which such tree grows or stands.
   C.   The street supervisor may trim any such tree or shrub or remove any such tree or branch thereof so that the obstruction or danger to traffic or passage shall be done away with. (Prior code § 4-4-41)
12.16.040   Poles, wires and ropes-Restrictions.
   A.   It is unlawful to attach any wire or rope to any tree or shrub in any public street, parkway or other public place without the permission of the commission.
   B.   Any person or company which maintains poles and wires in the streets, alleys or other public places shall, in the absence of provision in the franchise concerning the subject, keep such wires and poles free from and away from any trees and shrubs in such places as far as may be possible, and keep all such trees and shrubs near such wires and poles properly trimmed, subject to the supervision of the street supervisor, so that no injury shall be done either to the poles or wires or to the shrubs and trees by their contact. (Prior code § 4-4-42)
12.16.050   Gas pipes-Restrictions.
   Any person or company maintaining any gas pipe in the city shall keep such pipes free from leaks so that no injury shall be done thereby to any trees or shrubs. (Prior code § 4-4-44)
12.16.060   Excavations-Avoiding tree roots.
   In making excavations in streets or other public places, proper care shall be taken to avoid injury to the roots of any tree or shrub, wherever possible. (Prior code § 4-4-45)