7-2-1: PURPOSE:
The city council hereby finds that a comprehensive plan for the planting and maintenance of trees which are located within, or which overhang, public streets within the city is required for public safety and for the protection of the general welfare. This chapter is adopted, therefore, for the purpose of developing and providing for such a plan and for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations relating to the planting, care and maintenance of such trees. (Ord. 428, 12-17-1968)