No person shall plant, move, spray, fertilize, brace, trim, do surgery work, cut above or below ground, disturb or alter any tree or shrub on any public area of the City, or cause such acts to be done by others without first obtaining a written permit from the Forester, who shall issue the permit if in his judgment the work is necessary and the proposed methods of workmanship are of a satisfactory nature. A permit shall not be required to cultivate and water. The person receiving the permit shall abide by the arboricultural specifications and standards of practice as prescribed by the National Shade Tree Conference. As a condition to any permit to remove any public tree or shrub the Forester may require that the permittee plant one or more trees or shrubs in place of the one removed. Whenever any such tree or shrub has been removed or destroyed pursuant to any such conditional permit, the permittee shall not fail, refuse or neglect to plant another tree or shrub or other trees or shrubs of the type, size and at the location specified in the permit, within the time specified by the Forester from the date of the issuance of the permit.
(Ord. 20-60. Passed 4-26-60.)