HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971 Ordinance No. 002laU'Odaced •• a Bill by Councilman Dbority
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!'bat 'fitl• 10 of the '69 s.11.c. i• hereby -•nded by adding a new chapter
tbereto. beilMJ Cbapter 3, 'fitl• 10, '69 s.11.c. entitled, •Tr••• and Shrub•·· ••
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t'bi• ordinance ahall be known and .. Y be cited ••· •'ftl• Tr•• and Shrub
Ordinance•. of tbe City of Sngl..aod. Colorado.
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Por tbe parpoM• of tbi• ordinance th• following term. phr••••· word• and
tbeir deri•ationa eball bave th• -niDCJ given herein. When not inconaiatent with
tbe text • .orda aaed in tb• preaent ten•• inclad• the future, word• in the plural
•• her inclad• tbe •iDCJUlar number and word• in th• aingular nmber include the
plaral number. fte word •aball• i• alway• .. ndatory and not -r•ly directory.
(1) •city• i• tb• City of Sngleood, Colorado.
(2) •city Poreater• i• th• City Por••t•r of th• City of Bnglewood,
Colorado.
(3) •a.raon• i• any peraon. fir11, partnerahip. aaaociation,
corporation. CD1P9ny. or orpniaation of any kind.
(4) •str-t tr .. • or •tr .. • or •plant• i• any tr••· vin•.•hrub,
hedp or lawn. Any of a kinQdOll (plant•) po•••••ing cellulo•• cell wall•
i• a trM or abrub in a public place except wh•r• otherwiae indicated.
(5) •1.oca1 Goverlllleftt• i• a county, city, city and county,
incorporated town. acbool diatrict, apecial improv ... nt diatrict, water
diatrict. ..nitation diatrict, fire protection diatrict, police protec-
tion diatrict, .. tropolitan diatrict, irri9ation diatrict, drainage,
pablic corporation or any other kind of public diatrict or political
•abdi•i•ion of tbe State OrcJaniaed purauant to law.
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ft•• i• h•eby ••tabli•bed within th• Departaent of Parka and Recreation
in tile •dminiatrati .. •er.ice of the City, the Office of the City Poreater. laid
Office 8ball be filled either by (a) appointment by th• City Manager under the proviaiona
of a.ction 52, Article VII of tb• City Charter and Cbapter 1, 'fitl• v. '69 B.M.c •• or
(b) •• an appoint.. of tbe City Council pm:auant to an •vr•••nt for ••rvicea with other
local r.•11•antal anita. Should Aid office be filled by appointment by the City CDanci~ parauant to an •CJZ'• .. •nt for aervic••· Aid City Poreater ahall have in like •aner tbe -clui.. juriadiction and auper.iaion of all tr••• and other plant• and «Jr••••• p-owilMJ in pablic place• •• hereinafter ••t forth.
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t'lae City Poreater aball bav• excluai.. jariadiction and auperviaion over all u-. otber planta and CJr••••• CJZ'OWift9 in public plac••· ft• City Poreater •hall have
the power to pra,•198te rul••· r99Qlationa and apecificationa for tri-ing, •praying,
r1•oval. planting, prunift9 and protection of plant• upon public property.
(1) •teffY• or •rev• OD~lic rropvty -'fh• city Poreater ahall
have tb• a~rty to pant, tr~apray, pr•Mrv•. and remove tr•••· other
planta, and 9ra•M• in public place• to in•ar• Afety or pr•••rve the
•try and beauty of aucb place•.
(2) •• to PrHtrv~of •s9 on ftiyate Proptrty -Th• City Por••t•r
aball bave~authOrity ~ t • be ~. duty to order th• trimming,
preaervation. or removal of trM• or planta upon private property when he
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aball find aach action neceaAry to public Afety or to prevent the apread .
of di-H or iDMCt• to public tr••• and place•• ii
(a) lp!p!C\i9. M\ict ip C!M of Infec\!d !oOd Pile or Plant• -~
fte Ci Por••t•r •Y enter apon a pr-i••• without warrant to inapact ~
all :3 pil•• or tr"•• lOCJ•• abr3.. and other plant• within the limit• ~.
of tb• City wbetber auch tr .. a, lOCJ•• •hruba or plant• are for aal• or
not. Upon diaccwerilMJ any infec:tiou inMct• or di•••••• harbored within
aacb wood pile or aCCU11Ulation of plant .. tter or th• exiatenca of Blm
~. tbe City roreater •ball at once notify th• owner or an agent of th•
pr-1H• where..,on tbe .. _ i• located of tb• condition found and •hall
direct auch owner or a99nt by notice to r .. ady auch condition• immediately
or at a time •• determined by the City Por••ter.
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(3) l:z:I 'ft:'S -"'8 City l'Or••t.er •ball bav• th• authority to affix
r•80Mble It ona and revulatiou to th• p-ant of a permit hereunder.
(5) ppl.tyful t.l •!fnt Ctr~••· •• •ti. -It •hall be unlawful
to plant or Mt oat-e cottOtr ... populua eltoid•• -f-1•) or
box elder (popala• alba) and certain otber unde•irabl• plant.• a• d••iCJMted
by the City Por••t.er upon any property within th• City and th• planting or
Mt.ting oat. of th••• certain plant.• i• hereby declared to be a menace to
public b•ltb, Afety and welfare and a public nuiAnce.
(6) Ci'Ydftt•t= ~I 1t;afl1d• of ~flmmghip to Li591•• -!'he City Por .. tereve prov e to a l =••• copie•o atandarda
of 1'0rkMn•hip required by tbe city for tr• trimm.DCJ, tr•• removal, •pray
applicationa, Afety requir•mta, and other auch rul•• and regulation•
.,.erning tbe buaineu of plantift9, catting, tr1-in9, pruning, removal or
apraying planta within the City. Violation of any proviaiona of th••• atandarda
of "°rlalanahip provided by tbe City Por••t•r •hall provide auff icient cau•• for
a •U8Deft8ion or revocation of the lic•n•• by th• City Poreater.
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Jt. aball be th• reapon•ibility at the coat of the owner and agent of any
property adjacent to any pablic aidewalk, •tr••t., avenue, highway or alley to maintain,
trill, apray, remove, plant, prane, and protect all plant• located upon auch public
ritbt-of-wy.
Wilen th• City Por••t•r •hall find it n•c••Ary to order th• trimlin9, pr•••rva-
t.ion, or re11DYal of tr••• or plant• apon public or private property aa authorised in
tlai• ordinance, be •hall Mrve a writ.ten order t.o correct th• dangeroua condition upon
the owner, operator, oc:capant, or other peraon reaponaibl• for it• exiatence. ·
(1) ~!it: yf 1tryi91 -th• order required herein •hall be ••rved in
one of th• o ow ft9 wayaa
(a) By making peraonal delivery of th• order to the peraon
Deaponaible •
(b) 8y l•ving th• order with .,.. pereon of auitabl• age and
diacretion upon tbe pr-1•••·
(c) By aff ixin9 a copy of th• order to the door at the entrance
to the pr-iH• in violation.
(d) By MilincJ a copy of the order to the laat known addr••• of
tb• owner of tb• pr-iH• by r99ietered or certified Mil.
(•) By publiabin9 a copy of th• order in a local paper once a
week for t.hr• •acceaaive week•.
(2) 'IP Cor ~lit~• -!be order required herein •hall ••t forth a
time liait r COlll~ce o not lea• tban thirty (30) nor more than forty-
five (45) daya.
(3) J!fliafr• ord! -th• peraon to wh• an order hereunder i•
directedve the rght within HVenty-two (72) hoar• of th• ••rvic•
of neb order to appeal to th• Board of Adju•tMnt and Appeal•, who •hall
review aucb order at tb•ir next aabaequent -tin9 date and file their
deci•ion thereon. Unl••• tb• order i• revoked or llOdified. it ahall r-in
in fall force and be obeyed by tbe peraon to whoa directed. Ro peraon to
wboll an order i• directed aball fail t.o comply with auch order wit.bin ten
(10) day• after an aneal •hall have been determined.
(4) rtilyr• fo ~tv -11ben the peraon to whom the order i• directed
aball fail to cctlll~ w ~ n tbe apecified tille, the City Poreater ahall
r••lty the condition or contract with other• for aacb parpo•• and charge th•
coat., plaa 15" for adainiatration f•••• thereof, to th• peraon to whom th•
order i• directed. !be peraon r••dyiDCJ a condition under a contract made
bereander aball be authorised to enter preai••• for that parpoae.
(5) !Riel ~·'lat -Jf th• coat of r••dyin9 a condition i• not
paid withi~ ty ya after receipt of a atat ... nt therefor from the
City ror .. ter, •ucb coat, plua 25" of auch coat, aball be levied apinat th•
property upon wbicb .. id haArd exi•t•, aa a apecial a••••-nt. 'l'h•
lnying of •ac:b a•M•••nt aball not affect th• liability of the peraon to
wbcm tbe order i• directed to fin• and illprieonaent •• herein provided.
lacb apecial aaM•-nt. •ball be certified by th• Director of rinance,
.. officio City Clerk to tbe Tr••urer of the Coanty of Arapahoe. Stat• of
COlor..SO and aball thereupon become and be a lien apon aach property, ahall
be incladed in tb• next tax bill rendered to the owner or owner• thereof
aalu• paid before, and aball be collected in th• ---nn•r a• other tax••
againat aacb property are collected.
(6) DEZ'llpSV 91191 -Jn the event. the City roreater find• a condition
involvin9 a tree, .&r. or other plant which conatitut•• i..aediat• threat to
life, lillb or property, th• City roreeter ahall have authority to h mediately
have cauaed correction or r••dy to each condition at the owner•' or agent•'
eXDenM without. adlliniatrative fee.
8o .-r-.-11 (•) ... ,., cat, carve, tranaplant, or remove any tree or
abrU or i•j•• tM lladl tMreof, (b) pick tb• flower• or ••ed• of any tree or plant,
(c) •~taala .., rope, wire, or other contrivance to any tr•• or plant, or (d) dig in
or ot:Mrwi• dietult wr•-ar .. a, or in any other way injure or impair the natural
..... ty or whl•••• of •ay pablic ar ...
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la t:M ...at tb• removal of any plant i• neceaaitated by a City paving or
•id-lk dietrift, tbe apenM of •uob r•D'f'•l will be born• by the City, not •utject
to reaawerr fEOll tbe wr or •vent of tbe property unl••• aucb plant waa planted or
placed witla written perait fro11 tbe City Poreater after tlae effective date of thi•
OdiMW.
It aball be aalawfal for any peraon, f irll, or corporation to engage in th• -.1n••• of plaatlat, ntt1Dt, tri l1a9, pranin9, removing or apraying tr•••, •hruba,
•iaea or bed9ee witbia the City witboat further procuring a lic•n•• therefore from the
Du.ator of •l•w. 90 aacb licew 8hall be iaaued without th• written approval of
tbe Clq Poreeur ~ ... 11.L·flrM lie · ........ <.~l tM Otllli•tency of the applicant to
..... 1a •ala ._.'-.. aa indicated by an -ination condacted by th• City Poreater,
llot:la oral 8DI written. Applioanta wbo bold curr•t valid tr1-in9 and •praying
lloea••• fEOia tbe City of Denver .. y be ..... ted frcm tile oral and written ex .. ination
at die diecntioD of~ City roreeur. Prior to iaauanc• of auch licenae, th• appli-
oaat eball .... a Certifioate of lnaarance with a'Ullinilml of 10-20-25-50 'lbouAnd
DDllare, copy of Aid certificate to be placed on file with Director of Pinance. &aid
inearaw e1aa11 be for tbe purpoH of ind-ifyincJ tb• City of Bnglewood or other per-
aon from loaa or d 2 vu1• reaaltin9 to any peraon or property by the negligence of auch
licellaee. 8acda lioeaM eball be 1••--' for a period of on• (1) year and expire on the
tlairty-fir•t day of Dea.._ following it• iaaaance. ft• licenae fee •ball be 'l'Wenty-
ftft Dollar• Ct25.00) per year, or fraction thereof, payable in advance. Any auch
liotnaa lilly be eaaptnded or revoked by tb• City Por••t•r upon written notice from the
ClQ ftr•ter atatin9 in wllat •nner ncb licenH• baa violated the rule• and regula-
tiolae of tile City ftr••ur or any proviaion of any City ordinance. An appeal from
a.ala ....,_.ion or revocation •Y be •d• to tbe City Coancil by requeating auch
lleariag witbia tweaty-foar boar• of i•uance of notice of auapenaion or revocation • .. w lla.eee •Y contin•• to perfona Mrvice antil the City Council render• a final
deoieioa. Liem•• are not traneferable. Licena .. aball auperviae and be reaponaibl•
for all -.rk do• under bi• licenM.
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90 per80D aball in any way interfere or cau•• any peraon to interfere with
tbe Ciq. For•ter or bi• repreMntativ• in or about th• performance of hi• duti•• a•
defined 1a tbi• odlnaw.
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If a-. eection, 9Ub-Mction, aentence, clauae, pbraH or portion of thi•
ordi•nce i• for any r .. eon held invalid or unconatitutional by any court of caapetent
jariediction, ncb portion •ball be dea.ed a aeparate, dietinct ·and independent provi-
aion aad ncb boldiacJ aball not affect th• validity of tb• r-ining portion• hereof.
lntrodac:ed, r .. d in fall and pa•aed on firat r .. ding on th• 18th day of
a-ry, 1971.
Pabliabed ae a Bill for an orclinal)ce on tb• 20th day of January, 1971 •
... d by title and paaaed on final reading on the lat day of P•bruary, 1971.
Pabliabed by title aa Ordinance llo. 2, Seri•• of 1971 on th• 3rd day of
~. 1971.
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1, at.,.._ A. Lyon, do hereby certify that th• above and foregoing i• a
traa, acearate and ect111l•te copy of an Ordinance paaaed on final reading and publiahed
-., title aa Ordinance mo. 2, 1er1 .. of 1971.
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