§ 35-6. Public tree removal.  


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  • The public services department shall have the right to plant, trim, spray, preserve, and remove trees, plants and shrubs within the lines of all streets, alleys, avenues, lanes, squares and public grounds, as may be necessary to insure safety or to preserve the symmetry and beauty of such public grounds. The public services director may remove or cause or order to be removed, any tree or part thereof which is in an unsafe condition, or which is of a prohibited species, or is affected with any injurious disease, fungus, insect or other pest. Whenever the department shall remove any tree, plant or shrub, solely for the purpose of constructing any public work, the director shall, if practicable, replace the same at public expense, at some nearby location by planting another tree, plant or shrub, not necessarily of the same type.

(Code 1977, § 3.34)