(A) Permit required. No person shall plant any tree in any public right-of-way without having first secured a permit therefor from the City Forester. Each permit shall be valid for a period of not more than 60 days.
(B) Planting specifications. Unless otherwise authorized in writing by the City Forester, any tree so planted shall be of a kind approved by the City Forester, shall be planted not less than 45 feet from any other tree in the public street, road or alley, shall be planted in a location approved by the City Forester, shall have a ration of 2/3 clear stem to 1/3 crown, which ratio shall be maintained until a time as a clear stem is 8 feet higher than the surrounding ground level.
(C) Trees prohibited. No person shall plant any of the following kinds of trees in any public right-of-way: nut bearing, conifers, cottonwood, box elder, willow, poplar, black locust, catalpa, birch and all trees of the fast growing and nondurable varieties.
(1987 Code, § 602.04) Penalty, see § 10.99