(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or firm to engage in the business or occupation of pruning, treating, maintaining, or removing trees within the City without first applying for and procuring a license. The license fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) paid annually in advance, provided, however, that no license shall be required for any City employee, or employee of a public or private utility regulated by the Ohio Public Utilities Commission. Before any license shall be issued, each applicant shall first file and thereafter maintain evidence of worker’s compensation coverage, and of liability insurance in the minimum amounts of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of property damage indemnifying the City and any person or property injured or damaged resulting from the pursuit of such endeavors.
(b) The City Forester may deny any license if the applicant has a past history of poor workmanship, violation of laws, damaging of property or injuring individuals in the City or any other community. The City Forester may at any time cancel, revoke, modify, or fail to renew a license for good cause.
(Ord. 2013-224. Passed 1-6-14.)