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DY AU'l'HORITY
ORDINANCE NO •. ::: { I
SERIFS OF 1988
COUNCIL BILL NO. 32
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER BYRNE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11, CHAPTER 5, SFCTION 8, ENGLEH'.)()[) M'.JNICIPAL CODE
1985, RELATING ro TREES.
\'IHEREAS, to protect the heal th and safety of citizens or other plants or
trees, c e rtain trees, shrubs , and pl ants are unlawful; and
WHEREAS, co, .-::il desires t o exp,u1d tJ1 e .tnlawful trees by adding the
Siberian e l m;
r-..TCM, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ENGLEWXJD, (X)LaVillQ, THAT:
Section 1. Title 11, Chapter 5, Section 8, Engle\o\OOd Municipal Code
1985, is hereby amended to read as follows:
11-5-8: PROHIBITED !CrS, cctIDITIONS:
A.
B.
au~ .IJ!IJ!ee&, ~. Ptilnt!a, PUBLIC~= 'llle City Forester
shall have the authority to designate unlawful trees or plants and
to order the renoval of existing Wllim,fai trees or plants, where
their existence is injurious t .-: the health and safety of citizens -.
~ p11111~ er~ OR PROPERTY.
PROHIBITED PLANTINGS: Female Cotton~ trees (Populus deltoides),
SIBERIAN E:U.! (UIMJS PUMILA), or Box elder (Acer negundo) are hereby
declared to be unlawful to be set out or planted within the Ci t y .AND
.1\RE st.JBJEX:T ro PEMJVAL EXCEPT mR MATURE TREES r-mE THAN cm ( 1)
INCH IN DIAMETER.
Abuse or Mutilation of Trees. Unless authorized by the City
Forester or p roperty owner, no person shall perfonn any of the
following on any pub lic property within the City or on any other
private propeity not belonging to that person:
1. Damage , =t , carve, transp lant or reirove any ti.ee or shn.ib .;.:;-
injure the bark thereof.
2 . Pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or plant.
3 . Al:.t ach any rope, wire or other contrivance to any tree or plant.
4 . Dig in or otherwise disturb grass are<'!s, or in any other way
inj ure or irrpair the natural beauty or usefulness of any public
area .
Capital letters i ndicate new material.
-e-. D. I nter f erence wit.~ City Foreste r. No person shall in any way
i nterf e r e or c ause any person to interfere with the City Forester or
h is repres enta tive in or about the performance of his duties as
defi ned in this Chapter.
I ntroduced , read i n full, and passed on first readinn 011 the 17th day of
Oc t ober , 1988 .
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 19th day of october, 1988.
Rea d b y t i t le and passed on final reading on the 7th day of Novenoer,
1988.
Published b y title as Ordinance No., 3i/ , Series of 1988, on the 9th
day o f Noverrber, 1988.
I, Patricia H. CrCM, City Clerk for the City of Englewood, Coloraoo,
hereby certify the alx,ve and foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinance passed
on final reading and published by title as Ordinance No. ~• Series of 1988.
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