[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 26-2011]
A. Contractors shall have current insurance. Tree care companies are required to obtain public liability insurance in the amount of $500,000/$1,000,000; property damage insurance in the amount of $50,000/$100,000; and workers' compensation insurance. Each applicant shall submit to the City Solicitor proof that the applicant maintains insurance coverage as required by this section. Additionally, a representative of the City of Reading may request proof of insurance when the individual, or company, are working within the City boundaries.
B. Tree care contractors shall adhere to ANSI A300 Standards of Practice for Tree Care Operations and ANSI Z133.1 Safety Standards of Practice for Arboricultural Operations, or the most current versions of standards pertaining to arboricultural and tree care operations.
C. Any company or individual engaged in the act of applying pesticides shall be licensed in accordance with the Pennsylvania Pesticide Control Act of 1973, specifically, Sections 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, and 17.3 Notification to the City of Reading's Public Works Department is required 24 hours prior to any street tree applications in addition to any notifications pertaining to the current Hypersensitivity List published annually by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.4
D. Proper vehicle and pedestrian traffic control will be implemented by any company performing work in or near the public right-of-way. Traffic control shall be in accordance with U.S. Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Devices (MUTD) 1926, Subpart G. Companies are responsible for installing their own"Temporary No Parking" signage as well as notifying the Reading Parking Authority and the Reading Police Department if a roadway is going to be partially or totally closed for any length of time. The contractor is also responsible for the safety of pedestrians walking near a work site by properly establishing a work safety zone.
3. Editor's Note: See 3 P.S. §§ 111.35a, 111.36a, 111.36b and 111.37, respectively.
4. Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).