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SUBJECT: POLICY EFFECTIVE
RESIDENT PETITION FOR NUMBER DATE
STREET TREE REMOVAL AND 700-04 11-07-72
REPLACEMENT AMENDED: 11-27-18
AMENDED: Ordinance No.
2922 adopted
5-25-21
It is the policy of the City Council with reference to street tree removal and replacement resultant from citizen-initiated petitions, that:
A petition may be presented by citizen action in a given area for the removal and replacement of existing City trees, if in the opinion of the petitioners, the trees are undesirable. The following conditions must be met:
1. The petition must be signed by the adjacent property owners in accordance with the following percentage schedule based upon the number of trees involved:
a. 0 to 15 Trees 75%
b. 16 to 25 Trees 80%
c. 26 trees and over 85%
2. All costs for removal and mitigation will be borne by the petitioner. Mitigation may include replacement with an approved species, or payment of fees as established by resolution of the City Council.
3. The work is to be performed by contract, under City specifications and administered by the City. The cost will be determined by the City Manager, and would be placed on deposit with the City prior to removal being initiated.
4. It will be the responsibility of the petitioners to collect and deposit the necessary funds with the City to cover the cost of the project.
5. In that granting requests initiated by petitions is discretionary, each petition request will be considered individually, and will be determined on the merits of the individual request.