917.01 Permit to plant, treat, remove, etc.
917.02 Conditional permit for removal.
917.03 Fastening material to trees prohibited.
917.04 Placing materials damaging to trees prohibited.
917.05 Protection of trees and shrubs.
917.06 Permits in general.
917.07 Prohibited trees.
917.08 Certain trees declared public nuisances.
917.09 Permits for public utility installations.
917.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Assessments for tree maintenance-see Ohio R.C. 727.011
Destruction of trees-see GEN. OFF. 541.06
Protection during sidewalk, driveway and curb construction-see S.U. & P.S. 911.18
Maintenance in cemeteries-see S.U. & P.S. 959.14
No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter plant, move, spray, fertilize, brace, trim, do surgery work, cut above or below ground, cut any branch or root therefrom or otherwise disturb any tree or shrub along any street or public way in the City or in or upon any public park or public ground, nor cause any such acts to be done by others without first obtaining a written permit for such work from the Commissioner of Parks, Forestry and Open Space Planning. Such permit shall be issued only when and in the judgement of such Commissioner of Parks, Forestry and Open Space Planning, the desired work is necessary or advisable and the proposed methods of doing the same are satisfactory.
(Ord. 14-95. Passed 1-10-95.)
As a condition to the issuance of any permit to remove any tree or shrub, the Commissioner of Parks, Forestry and Open Space Planning may require that the person, firm or corporation to whom such permit to remove is granted, shall plant approved trees or shrubs in the place of those removed. Whenever such tree or shrub has been removed in accordance with such conditional permit, it shall be a violation of this chapter for the holder of such permit to refuse or neglect to plant another tree or shrub as such conditional permit shall specify.
(Ord. 14-95. Passed 1-10-95.)
No person, firm or corporation shall fasten any wire, rope or other material to, around or run any wire or rope through any tree or shrub along any public street or way or in any public park, or public place in the City without first obtaining therefor a written permit from the Commissioner of Parks, Forestry and Open Space Planning.
(Ord. 14-95. Passed 1-10-95.)
No person, firm or corporation shall deposit, place, store or maintain along any public street or highway or in any public park or public place in the City any stone, brick, sand, concrete or other material which will impede the free passage of water, air and fertilizer to the roots of any tree or shrub growing therein, except by written permission from the Commissioner of Parks, Forestry and Open Space Planning.
(Ord. 14-95. Passed 1-10-95.)
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