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Salt Lake City, UT Code of Ordinances
CITY CODE of SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
ORDINANCES PENDING REVIEW FOR CODIFICATION
TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 2.02 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 2.03 GOVERNMENT TRANSITION FOLLOWING AN ELECTION
CHAPTER 2.04 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CHAPTER 2.05 APPOINTMENTS OF DEPARTMENT HEADS AND STATUTORY OFFICERS
CHAPTER 2.06 CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER 2.07 CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 2.08 ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 2.09 EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSION, AND EMERGENCY POWERS1
CHAPTER 2.10 POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 2.11 RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR POLICE OFFICERS
CHAPTER 2.12 FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU
CHAPTER 2.13 FIRE CODE BOARD OF APPEALS
CHAPTER 2.14 AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.15 HORSEDRAWN CARRIAGE COMMITTEE
CHAPTER 2.16 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 2.18 SALT LAKE VALLEY BOARD OF HEALTH
CHAPTER 2.20 COMMUNITY RECOVERY COMMITTEE
CHAPTER 2.21 HOUSING ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD
CHAPTER 2.22 TRACY AVIARY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.23 TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.24 EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE APPEALS PROCESS
CHAPTER 2.26 URBAN FORESTRY
CHAPTER 2.28 LIBRARY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.30 SALT LAKE ART DESIGN BOARD
CHAPTER 2.32 SALT LAKE CITY ARTS COUNCIL BOARD
CHAPTER 2.33 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.34 CBD NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN
CHAPTER 2.35 CITIZENS' COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAPTER 2.36 CENTRAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.37 YOUTH AND FAMILY RECREATION AND PROGRAMS ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.38 WEST CAPITOL HILL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
CHAPTER 2.39 CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING CONSERVANCY AND USE COMMITTEE
CHAPTER 2.40 PUBLIC UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAPTER 2.41 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAPTER 2.42 OFFICERS' OATHS AND BONDS
CHAPTER 2.43 GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.44 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CHAPTER 2.46 CAMPAIGN FINANCING DISCLOSURE
CHAPTER 2.48 POLITICAL COERCION
CHAPTER 2.50 BAIL COMMISSIONERS
CHAPTER 2.51 MILITARY LEAVES OF ABSENCE
CHAPTER 2.52 PERSONNEL SYSTEM
CHAPTER 2.53 EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
CHAPTER 2.54 CITY OWNED MOTOR VEHICLES
CHAPTER 2.56 CITY OWNED PERSONAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 2.58 CITY OWNED REAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 2.59 CITY SUBPOENAS
CHAPTER 2.60 RECOGNIZED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
CHAPTER 2.61 HOUSING STABILITY
CHAPTER 2.62 RECOGNIZED OR REGISTERED ORGANIZATION NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 2.64 CITY RECORDS
CHAPTER 2.66 CONSTITUTIONAL TAKINGS
CHAPTER 2.68 ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 2.69 LOCAL OPINION QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 2.70 YOUTH CITY GOVERNMENT ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.72 POLICE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD
CHAPTER 2.73 INTERMODAL CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
CHAPTER 2.75 ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL VIOLATIONS
CHAPTER 2.76 BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.78 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION1
CHAPTER 2.80 HOUSING TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.82 SALT LAKE CITY SISTER CITIES BOARD
CHAPTER 2.84 JUSTICE COURT
CHAPTER 2.85 CONSTABLES
CHAPTER 2.86 ELECTRONIC MEETINGS
CHAPTER 2.88 LAND USE APPEALS BOARD
CHAPTER 2.90 OPEN SPACE LANDS PROGRAM
CHAPTER 2.94 PARKS, NATURAL LANDS, TRAILS, AND URBAN FORESTRY ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 2.96 UTAH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER BOARD
CHAPTER 2.98 RECRUITMENT AND PROMOTION FOR POLICE AND FIRE
TITLE 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4 RESERVED
TITLE 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE 6 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES1
TITLE 7 RESERVED
TITLE 8 ANIMALS
TITLE 9 HEALTH AND SAFETY
TITLE 10 HUMAN RIGHTS
TITLE 11 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 12 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
TITLE 13 RESERVED
TITLE 14 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
TITLE 15 PARKS AND RECREATION
TITLE 16 AIRPORTS
TITLE 17 PUBLIC SERVICES
TITLE 18 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 19 GENERAL PLANS
TITLE 20 SUBDIVISIONS
TITLE 21A ZONING
TITLE 22 LOCAL EMERGENCIES
APPENDICES SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Salt Lake City, UT Policies and Procedures Manual
CHAPTER 2.26
URBAN FORESTRY
SECTION:
2.26.010: Purpose
2.26.020: Definitions
2.26.030: Creation Of Board 1 (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.040: Eligibility For Membership (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.050: Appointments (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.060: Oath Of Office (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.070: Compensation (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.080: Vacancies (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.090: Removal From Office (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.100: Members' Ethics (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.110: Meetings (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.120: Election Of Board Officers (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.130: Committees (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.140: Attorney Duties (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.150: Powers And Duties (Rep. by Ord. 59-09 § 2, 2009)
2.26.160: Creation Of Urban Forester Position
2.26.170: Powers And Duties Of Urban Forester
2.26.180: Rules And Regulations
2.26.190: Street Trees; Private Property Owner Responsibilities
2.26.200: Street/Public Trees; Private Property Owner Requests
2.26.210: Landscape Permit For Public Right Of Way
2.26.220: Conditional Use Permits
2.26.230: Public Nuisance Defined And Designated
2.26.240: Responsibility For Public Nuisance Fixed
2.26.250: Nuisance Creation And Maintenance
2.26.260: Nuisance Abatement
2.26.270: Notice To Abate
2.26.280: Expense Of Abatement; Responsibility Of Offender
2.26.290: Abuse Or Mutilation Of Public Trees
2.26.300: Protection Of Public Trees Near Construction Activities
2.26.310: Tree Topping

 

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1. See chapter 2.94 of this title.
2.26.010: PURPOSE:
The city council and mayor of the city recognize the importance of the urban forest to the quality of life in the city. The city council and mayor declare it to be a policy of the city that city property be landscaped to enhance the natural beauty of the city; that the responsibilities of city departments be coordinated to encourage quality landscaping; that landscaped city property be effectively managed; that the street environment be made hospitable through landscaping; and that residents of the city be encouraged to participate in beautification efforts through installing and maintaining quality landscaping on private property. To fulfill this policy, this chapter is enacted and intended to establish a Salt Lake City urban forestry ordinance. This chapter may be referred to as the SALT LAKE CITY URBAN FORESTRY ORDINANCE. (Ord. 75-88 § 1, 1988: prior code § 25-29-1)
2.26.020: DEFINITIONS:
For the purpose of this chapter the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings given in this section:
PARKING/PLANTING STRIP:
The area between the curb and sidewalk and the area between sidewalk and private property line that is city owned property; unpaved streetside city property; or an area inside the private property line where an easement is given to the city for the purpose of planting trees.
PRIVATE TREES:
Any and all trees growing on private property within the city limits as of or after the effective date of the ordinance from which this section or successor sections derives and that are not defined or designated in this chapter as street trees, park trees or public trees.
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY:
A portion of property reserved for public use and accepted for such use by the city to provide circulation and travel to abutting properties, including, but not limited to, streets, alleys, sidewalks, provisions for public utilities, cut and fill slopes, and open public spaces.
PUBLIC TREES:
All trees growing on any street, park, or any public place owned and/or managed by Salt Lake City as of or after the effective date of this chapter or its successor ordinances.
PUBLIC UTILITY:
Any public, private or cooperatively owned line, facility or system for producing, transmitting or distributing communications, power, electricity, light, heat, gas, oil products, water, waste or storm water, that directly or indirectly serves the public or any part thereof within the corporate limits of the city.
TREE TOPPING:
The specific reduction in the overall size of a tree and/or the severe cutting back of branches or limbs to such a degree so as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree.
URBAN FORESTER:
The city urban forester who is selected by the director of the department of public lands to that position in the department of public lands.
URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM:
The program that is a part of the department of public lands and that is responsible for the care and maintenance of the urban forest resources located on city property. (Ord. 31-21, 2021: Ord. 45-93 § 4, 1993: Ord. 75-88 § 1, 1988: prior code § 25-29-2)
 
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