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No person shall intentionally damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any public tree. Unless specifically authorized by the Tree Commission, no person shall attach any rope, wire, nails, advertising posters or other contrivance to any public tree, allow any gaseous liquid or solid substance which is harmful to such trees to come in contact with them; or set fire or permit any fire to burn when such fire or heat therefrom will injure any portion of any public tree. No person shall pour salt water or a chemical or chemicals upon any street in such a way as to injure any tree planted or growing thereon. No person shall pile mulch or soil, or allow mulch or soil to be piled, around a public tree in a way that allows the mulch or soil to contact the base or trunk of the tree. Mulch or additional soil must be kept at least three inches away from the base of the tree. The City shall not be restricted in the use of anti-icing materials.
(Ord. 16-92. Passed 7-27-92; Ord. 20-15. Passed 12-28-15.)
No person shall deposit, place, store or maintain upon any public place or the City, any stone, brick, sand, concrete or other materials which may impede the free passage of water, air and fertilizer to the roots of any public tree growing therein, except by written approval of the Tree Commission.
(Ord. 16-92. Passed 7-27-92; Ord. 20-15. Passed 12-28-15.)
(a) All public trees located near any excavation or construction of any building, structure or street work, shall be guarded with a good substantial fence, frame or box not less than four feet high placed at the edge of the Critical Root Zone, measured as a distance of one foot per inch of DBH of the tree or beyond the dripline, whichever is larger. All laborers, building material, dirt or other debris shall be kept outside this barrier. The Tree Commission may permit a variance in cases where the barrier would impede the flow of traffic on a street, private street or driveway and where the prescribed distance interferes with a building or permanent structure.
(b) No person shall excavate any ditches or trenches within the Critical Root Zone of a public tree or lay any impervious pavementwithin fifteen feet of a public tree without first obtaining the written approval of the Tree Commission.
(Ord. 16-92. Passed 7-27-92; Ord. 20-15. Passed 12-28-15.)
Public utility companies shall notify the Tree Commission prior to pruning any public tree for the purpose of maintaining safe line clearance and shall carry out all such work in accordance with accepted arboricultural standards. If accepted arboricultural standards are not followed, the Commission shall immediately file a formal complaint with the Public Utilities Commission.
(Ord. 16-92. Passed 7-27-92; Ord. 20-15. Passed 12-28-15.)
In the case of officially declared emergencies, such as windstorms, ice storms or other disasters, the requirements shall be waived so that the requirements of this chapter would in no way hinder public and/or private work to restore order in the City. This work shall follow maintenance standards as outlined by the Tree Commission.
(Ord. 16-92. Passed 7-27-92; Ord. 20-15. Passed 12-28-15.)
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