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§ 92.04 REMOVAL BY VILLAGE.
   (A)   Authorized upon failure of owner. If any owner, occupant, or agent, upon receipt of the notice provided for in § 92.03 fails, neglects, or refuses to cut such weeds, as required by this chapter, and remove the same and burn them, as provided in § 92.03, it is the duty of the President to cause such weeds to be cut, removed, and burned at the expense of such owner, occupant, or agent.
(Prior Code, § 8.16.040)
   (B)   Assessment of costs. The reasonable cost of cutting, removing, and burning of weeds by the village shall be assessed to and collected from the owner, occupant, or agent of the property.
(Prior Code, § 8.16.050)
   (C)   Costs a lien against property. The cost of cutting, removing, and burning weeds shall be a lien upon the real estate affected, as provided in Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 24, § 11-20-7, as it may be amended from time to time.
(Prior Code, § 8.16.060)
TREE STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF- WAY
§ 92.15 PROHIBITION OF TREE REMOVAL.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any tree located on village property, without written permission of the Village Board.
(Ord. 84-2, passed 4-3-1984) Penalty, see § 92.99
§ 92.16 POLICY.
   (A)   These standards are to be considered as the Standards (And Establishing a Shade Tree Committee) and (An Ordinance Requiring Owners to Maintain Parkways).
   (B)   These standards apply to the planting of trees by the Department of Street and Alley individuals, business, or other organizations on rights-of-way owned and maintained by the village.
   (C)   Exceptions to these standards can only be made with the advance approval of the Board. Anyone seeking an exception must seek a hearing before the Village Shade Tree Committee.
   (D)   These standards take effect when approved by the Board.
(Ord. 96-2, passed 4-2-1996)
§ 92.17 PLANTING LOCATIONS.
   (A)   Species and cultivars that exceed a trunk diameter of 15 inches at breast height within 40 years are not to be planted, where the parkway is less than five feet wide.
   (B)   Trees must be planted at least ten feet from driveways and alleys, ten feet from fire hydrants, ten feet from utility poles, 35 feet from intersections, 35 feet from traffic signals, and five feet from a property line.
   (C)   Trees planted under utility lines must be of species and cultivars whose height at maturity will not interfere with the lines.
   (D)   Trees planted along existing village streets are to be spaced at 30- to 40-inch intervals for medium to large tree species and 20 to 35 inches for small tree species.
   (E)   There should be adequate space allowed for a sidewalk when trees are planted along unpaved streets or along streets without curbing.
   (F)   When sufficient space is not available for a public right-of-way as a result of street widening or buried utilities, trees may be planted on private property not more than ten feet from the public right-of-way if the property owner gives permission by signing a memorandum of understanding with the village. This subchapter provides that it is the responsibility of the property owner to provide for all maintenance, including pruning, watering, and removal, during the existence of such trees.
   (G)   Trees may be planted by the village along publicly owned sidewalks that go through subdivisions, not following streets, when the Village Board Shade Tree Committee deems the planting beneficial to the community as a whole. The trees may be planted either on public rights-of-way or on private property subject to the provisions of division (F) above.
(Ord. 96-2, passed 4-2-1996)
§ 92.18 KINDS OF TREES.
   (A)   Appendix A gives a list of trees approved for planting along public rights-of-way in the village. Only trees on this list may be used.
   (B)   Appendix B gives a list of trees prohibited. These may not be used except when a specific exception has been granted under § 92.02(C).
   (C)   Any tree species not listed on either the approved or on the prohibited list for which consent has been given by the Building Inspector.
(Ord. 96-2, passed 4-2-1996)
§ 92.19 QUALITY OF TREES.
   (A)   All trees must be true to species, variety, and/or cultivar, and each plant must be labeled when delivered.
   (B)   All trees must have normal trunks, leaders, tops, and branches typical of the species, variety, or cultivar, and exhibit evidence of proper nursery pruning practices.
   (C)   All trees must be certified free of insect pests and diseases by the State Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology.
   (D)   All trees must be free of mechanical injuries and not show evidence of recent or previous wounds on the trunk.
   (E)   All trees must be nursery grown and must have received proper fertilizing, watering, top, and root pruning as is normally needed for that particular kind of tree. Plants must have been grown in nursery conditions for the past two years under soil and climate conditions similar to that of the village.
   (F)   All plants must be balled and burlapped. The twine used to tie the burlap must not be plastic. The balls should be of firm earth from the original soil in which the tree grew in the nursery. No trees with broken, loose, or manufactured balls are acceptable.
   (G)   Plants on the list of approved medium to large trees must have trunks at least one and one-half inches in diameter measured six inches above the ground and a soil ball of at least 24 inches in diameter. Plants on the list of small trees must be at least one inch in diameter measured six inches above the ground and have a soil ball of at least 18 inches in diameter.
(Ord. 96-2, passed 4-2-1996)
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