§ 176-10. Permit to plant trees; planting plans.

A. 

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to plant or set out any tree or cause or authorize or procure any person to plant or set out any tree in or upon any part of any public highway or public place without first obtaining from the Superintendent of Parks a written permit so to do and without complying in all respects with the conditions set forth in such written permit and with the provisions of this chapter.

B. 

All applications for such permit shall be made on blanks furnished by the Superintendent of Parks and shall describe the work to be done and the variety, size and precise location of each tree.

C. 

After the receipt of such an application, the Superintendent of Parks or his representatives shall investigate the locality where the tree or trees are to be placed and shall grant a permit only if, in his judgment, the location is such as to permit the normal growth and development of each tree.

Editor's Note: Amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II.

D. 

Such permit shall specify the location, variety and grade of each tree and the method of planting, including, among other things, the supplying of suitable soil.

E. 

The permit shall be good only for the season stated in the same in the year issued, and no charge shall be made for the same.

F. 

Before any permit shall be issued for planting more than 25 trees under any one permit, the Superintendent of Parks may request from the applicant a detailed declaration of intentions in the form of either a planting plan or a written statement in duplicate. All planting plans shall be drawn on tracing cloth in ink. One copy of each plan or statement of intention shall, when approved by the Superintendent of Parks, be returned to the applicant and the other copy shall be kept on file by the Superintendent of Parks. All planting plans shall show accurately:

(1) 

The proposed street, together with its subdivision of pavement, curb, gutter, parking strip and sidewalk areas, to a definite indicated scale.

(2) 

The proposed location of each and every proposed tree, together with the location of each existing tree within the proposed street lines, in scaled relation to the other features of the plan.

(3) 

The variety of each and every tree proposed to be planted and of those already existing within the proposed street lines, either indicated on the plans or referenced with a number to key list.

(4) 

The distance between trees in any one row in feet.

(5) 

The nature of the soil in the planting space to a depth of three feet, and all existing and proposed surface or subsoil drainage system.

Editor's Note: Amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II.

G. 

All statements filed in lieu of a planting plan shall contain the same information as required on the plan.