CHAPTER 98: TREES AND SHRUBS

Section

General Provisions

   98.01   Planting permit required; application

   98.02   Planting regulations

   98.03   Removal permit required; application

Standards

   98.15   Injury

   98.16   Advertisement or notices

   98.17   Hazardous trees

   98.18   Certain trees prohibited

   98.19   Wires

   98.20   Gas pipes

   98.21   Excavations

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 98.01 PLANTING PERMIT REQUIRED; APPLICATION.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful to plant any tree or bush in any public street or parkway or other public place without having first secured a permit therefor.

   (B)   Applications for such permits shall be made to the City Clerk and shall be referred by him/her to the City Council. All trees and shrubs so planted shall be placed subject to the direction and approval of the City Council.

('72 Code, § 93.010) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 98.02 PLANTING REGULATIONS.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to plant or cause to be planted, in any parkway within the city, any tree or shrub less than three feet from the outer line of the sidewalk, except as set forth below. No tree shall be planted in parkways or streets at a distance less than eight feet from any cross or intersecting street or alley, and no shrubs shall be planted in any parkway or any street at a distance less than 25 feet from any cross or intersecting street or alley.

   (B)   In any parkway less than four feet wide, such tree or shrub shall be planted in the center of the parkway.

('72 Code, § 93.011) (Am. Ord. passed 5-19-86) Penalty, see § 10.99