(a) No person shall remove or destroy or cause to be destroyed any tree on City property on or along any sidewalk or street in the City, unless such person has first obtained written permission to do so from the Safety-Service Director.
(b) As a condition precedent to the issuance of any permit to remove any public tree or shrub the Director may require that the permittee plant one or more trees or shrubs in place of the one removed. No permittee shall fail, refuse or neglect to plant such trees or shrubs of the type, size and at the location specified in the permit within the time specified from the date of the issuance thereof.
(c) No person shall plant or cause to be planted any tree or shrub upon any public way in the City, unless such person has first obtained a permit in writing from the Director specifying the size, type, species and location on the public way, of the tree or shrub to be planted.
(d) The Director shall have the authority to deny a permit to any person who proposes to plant upon any public way, any tree or shrub if the size, type or species is considered undesirable by the Superintendent of Parks or is considered undesirable for the location proposed or if the location proposed is unsuitable for the planting of trees or shrubs.
(e) An appeal from the decision of the Director may be made to the Planning Commission by any person aggrieved by a decision of the Director or any officer, department, board or bureau of the City, which decision adversely affects such person.
(f) Upon such appeal to the Planning Commission, the Commission, at its next regularly scheduled meeting, shall review such decision and affirm, modify or reverse it.
(Ord. 37-1968. Passed 5-5-68.)
(g) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.