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13-18-5: CONSENT REQUIRED:
   A.   When planting, removing, moving, spraying, trimming, pruning, cutting above or below ground, disturbing or altering any City owned tree or causing such acts to be done by others, without first obtaining the written consent of the Urban Forester is prohibited. This section shall not apply to line clearance tree trimming by employees of the Public Utilities or its agents, or parks staff, following coordination with the Urban Forester and tree maintenance activities by employees of the Parks Department.
   B.   Any person receiving written consent for any action under subsection A of this section shall abide by the arboricultural standards and specifications of practice specified by the West Jordan City Parks Department and/or any specific conditions or methods required by the Urban Forester, including but not limited to both ANSI and BMP. Each crew performing contract work on a public tree shall have at least one ISA certified arborist on the crew and on-site when work is approved.
   C.   The Urban Forester shall approve any plans for removal of any public trees. As a condition, the permittee shall be required to compensate West Jordan City for the appraised value of trees removed either by replacement thereof or by monetary assessment. Appraisal values shall be determined by an ISA certified arborist with tree appraisal training, and accredited by the City's Urban Forester and/or combination of both equal to appraised value of the tree. (Ord. 18-05, 1-24-2018)