Section
General Provisions
94.001 Definitions
Trees on Private Property
94.015 Nuisance tree declared
94.016 Control on private property
94.017 Duty to correct
94.018 Nuisance tree removal fund
94.019 Planting of ash trees prohibited
Trees in Public Places
94.030 General supervision
94.031 Director’s authority generally
94.032 Supervision of work
94.033 Rules and regulations; permit fees
94.034 Disposition of fees
94.035 Permit to remove; required
94.036 Permit to remove; application data
94.037 Street trees permitted
94.038 Planting in public rights-of-way
94.039 Abuse or mutilation of trees
94.040 Injury to trees by moving; trimming
94.041 Duties of private owners
94.042 Assessment for maintenance
94.043 Order to remove; procedure
94.044 Order to remove; time for compliance
94.045 Order to remove; appeal or order
94.046 Order to remove; failure to comply
94.047 Order to remove; special assessment
Arborist’s License
94.060 Required
94.061 Chapter 110 applicable
94.062 Application
94.063 Examination required
94.064 Reexamination
94.065 Expiration
94.066 Reexamination upon failure to renew
94.067 Revocation
94.068 Appeals
Cross-reference:
Health and sanitation, see ch. 92
Licenses, see ch. 110
Parks and recreation, see ch. 95
Streets and sidewalks, see ch. 96
Statutory reference:
Authority to require removal of weeds, see SDCL 9-30-5
Noxious and unhealthful vegetation, see SDCL 9-32-12
Weed control generally, see SDCL ch. 38-22
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. Parks and recreation board established by city ordinance.
DIRECTOR. The director of parks and recreation.
PARKING STRIP. The area along the public streets and avenues between the curbline and the sidewalk line.
STREET. Any type of motor vehicle transportation system including, but not limited to, street, avenue, road, drive, circle, court, lane, trail, place or alley.
STREET TREE. A tree in any public parking strip.
TOPPING. The indiscriminate cutting of tree branches to stubs or lateral branches that are not large enough to assume the terminal role.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 11.901; 1992 Code, § 42-1) (Ord. 11-77, passed 2-14-1977; Ord. 94-08, passed 7-21-2008; Ord. 37-12, passed 6-12-2012)
Cross-reference:
Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 10.002
TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
Dead, diseased or insect-infested trees or other woody plants identified by the director shall be declared dangerous and a nuisance.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 11.1101; 1992 Code, § 42-17) (Ord. 106-82, passed 10-4-1982; Ord. 72-03, passed 8-11-2003; Ord. 94-08, passed 7-21-2008; Ord. 37-12, passed 6-12-2012) Penalty, see § 10.999
Cross-reference:
The director shall have the authority to regulate and control nuisance trees and other woody plants upon private property only when an action is demonstrably necessary for public safety or to prevent the spread of disease or insects to public trees and places.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 11.902; 1992 Code, § 42-35) (Ord. 11-77, passed 2-14-1977; Ord. 94-08, passed 7-21-2008; Ord. 37-12, passed 6-12-2012)
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