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ORDIN'd'~CE NO. 954
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<br />AN ORDINANCE CREATING A BOARD OF FORESTRY OF THE
<br />CITY OF SANTA ANA UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
<br />PLANNING COMMISSION, REGULATING THE PLANT!NG~
<br />REMOVAL, ~AINTENANCE AND CARE OF TREES, PI,ANTS
<br />AND SHRUBS ON PUBLIC STREETS A~ PARW,¥AYS, AND
<br />REPFALING ORDINANCE NO. 85V, APPROVED OCTOBER
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<br />The City Council of the City of Santa ~,na ordains as follows:
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<br /> Sect,,$on.1. That there is hereby created a Board of Forestry, cor~osed
<br />of five (5) members, one of whom shall be the Street Superintendent of the C_ty
<br />of Santa Aha, who shall be known as the City Forester; the other four shall be
<br />opDointed by the City Council of this City upon the recommendation of the City
<br />Planning Commission of the City of Santa Aha, ~n~ shall hold off~ce st the
<br />pleasure of the City Council and shall perform their duties under the supervision
<br />of the City Planning Commission of said City.
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<br /> Section 2. For the purpose of this ordinance the word "Street" is
<br />hereby defined to be any public street, public way, public alle~, public thorough-
<br />fare, public lane or per,ray upon or along amy mublic stre~t or public way.
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<br /> Section 3. The Board of Forestry shall exercise jurisdiction and
<br />control over the'planting, maintenance and care of trees, plants and shrubs in
<br />ali. the streets of the Ci~y, under the direction and aut!~orization of the City
<br />Planning Commission, subject, hov~ever, to street improvements m~thorized by the
<br />City. The Board of Forestry shall have such additional powers, authority, juris-
<br />diction and duties as are prescribed in this ordinance.
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<br /> Section 4. It shall be thc duty of the Board of Forestry to set out or
<br />plant any and all shade trees and shrubbery on public streets or parkways, and to
<br />take general care and supervision of all trees, plants an~ shrubbery planted and
<br />growing in the streets of the City; and to encourage the planting, care and
<br />orese~v~tion of shade or ornamental trees and shrubbery'in said streets as here-
<br />~nafter set forth.
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<br /> Section 5. The Board of Forestry shall have charge of and direct and
<br />supervise the planting, removal, trimming, pruning, cutting and maintenance of
<br />trees, plants and shrubs in streets in the City of Santa Ana, and shall have
<br />charge of all work incidental to the above duties, and ~shall issue ali mermits for
<br />the replacement, removal, planting, cutting, pruning and or trimlng of~trees,
<br />shrubs and plants in streets in the City~of Scots Aha. The Board of Forestry is
<br />hereby authorized to determine the variety of trees, shrubs and plants that may
<br />be planted in, upon or along any street, or any pertio~ thereof, and the distance
<br />apart at which such trees, shrubs and plants shall be planted. The peru!it
<br />issued for the planting of such trees, shrubs ~nd plants shall state the variety
<br />of trees, shrubs and olants that shall be planted, the distance apart at which the
<br />same shall be planted], and the location of each tree, shrub and plant, and the
<br />size of such tree, shrub and plant.
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<br /> Section 6. It shall be the duty of the employees of the Board of
<br />Forestry to inspect all trees, shrubs and plants .in all streets of said City whicV
<br />are open for travel an~, upon discoverimg that any such tree~, shrubs or plants
<br />are infected or infested with scale, plant or animal life, or growth, or amy
<br />in~ect detrimental to the growth, health or life of such trees, shrubs, or plants~
<br />to remove, eradicate, or destroy such condition. If any trees, shrubs or plants
<br />in any street in said City are so infected or infested, and to such a degree that
<br />such condition cannot be removed, eradicated or destroyed by the usual means amd
<br />efforts employed, said employees may remove and destroy any such trees, shrubs,
<br />or plants, if, in the Judgment of the City Plannimg commissiom, it shall seem best
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<br /> Section V. It shall be the duty of the Board of Forestry ~o inspect any
<br />and all trees, shrubs, and plants, which are im any street in sai~ City, or which,
<br />standing on any private estate, overhang or project into Shy such stre~t, to
<br />determine whether any of the same or any part thereof appears to be dead, liable
<br />to fall, dangerous or an obstruction to p~lic travel on any such street.
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<br /> Section 8. In case any tree, shrub, or plant in any street in said
<br />'city, or any tree, shrub, or plant standing on any private estste, overhamging or
<br /> projecting into any such street, appears to be dead, liable to fall, dangerous,
<br /> or an obstruction to public travel on any such street, the City Planning Co~missf~
<br /> shall cause the same or such part or parts thereof as are dead, liable to fall,
<br /> dangerous, or an obstruction to such ~btlc trGvel, to be cut dowm, and if in any
<br /> such street, to be removed therefrom; provided, that except in case of manifest
<br /> public danger and immediate necessity no such tree or shrub shall be wholly cut
<br /> down or removed unless te~ days notice i~ writing of its intention to cause the
<br /> same to be done shall be given by the City Planning Commission to an
<br /> occupant or agent of the estate nearest such tree or shrub, which abuts on that
<br /> part of such street in which such tree or shrub is situated or to an owner,
<br /> occupant, or agent of such private estate, if such tree or shrub stands thereon;
<br /> and if any owner, ocm~pant, or aMent o~ such estate shall wlthir seven (V) days
<br /> after the giving of such notice, file with the City Planz!~ng.Co~uission his
<br /> object,on ~n writing to such removal, such tree or shrub shall not be cut dorm
<br /> or removed unless s~id City Planning Commission shall give such owner, or other
<br /> proper person who has given such notice, a reasonable opportunity to be heard
<br /> in support of such objection, and shall thereafter approve, in ~,riting, the
<br /> removal of the same, if such objection is not sustained.
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<br /> Section 9. It shall be unlawful for any person,.flrm or corooration,
<br />their agents, officers, or employeez, to plant, remove, destroy, cut, prune or
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