(a) Upon the discovery of any destructive or communicable disease or other pestilence which endangers the growth or health of trees, or threatens to spread disease or insect infestations, the City shall at once cause written notice to be served upon the owner of the property upon which such diseased or infested tree is situated, and the notice shall require such property owner to eradicate, remove or otherwise control such condition within a reasonable time to be specified in such notice.
(b) No person, firm or corporation, except the Shade Tree Commission, or its agent, may perform any of the planting, removal, trimming, pruning, spraying or maintenance of any nature without first obtaining a permit from the Shade Tree Commission which no fee shall be charged.
(Ord. 93-2. Passed 2-11-93.)