HomeMy WebLinkAbout007 - 05/16/1930 - RELATING TO THE PLANTING OF TREES IN THE PARKING ON THE STREETS, AND RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF TREE ORDIIIAO'CE ITO. ism,BEIiv'G AN �RGR.NCY ORDIIIAN RM. .Tl TU ` 6 THE _PLJiDTIaG OF TRZZS
IN 7HE PARIUNG ON THE STRLFTS, 1,ED 3ELATING TO TH Ri;2110VAL OF
TREES FROI' Ti.'E PARKIIIG ON STR& TS OR ALISYS a1JD PUBLIC GROUNDS
�dITHIIT THE C CRPORATE L111ITS OF T'_" CITY OF RMT COLLIT US, COLO J'''
.0D ::EPEALING ORDIIIAlv'CE NO. 10, 1914, AND ORDLIANCE NO. 13, 1917.
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BE 1T ORDAINLM BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIT,y, CITY OF FORT COL:IITS:
Section 1. All trees set in the parking between the
property line and the curb shall be set a,2proximately mid-way
between the face of the curb line and the outside sidewalk line .
In case any property owner shall desire to plant trees in the
parking adjacent to his property, he shall apply for a permit
therefor to the Commissioner of Public Works and it shall be the
business of the Commissioner of Public Works to see that the
said trees are planted on the lira s hereinabove designated.
Section 2 . It shall be unlawful for any person, company
or corporation to remove any tree or trees growing on the narking
along and upon ark street , avenue, or in any alley or on public
grounds within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins ,
without first having procured a permit therefor from the
_- Commissioner of Public Works as hereinafter provided; and provided,
further, that the right is herehy reserved in the City Council to
order the r :moval from any parking, alley or public grounds in
said City- of any tree or trees when in its judment the public
health, safety and ..,elfare of the City require it.
Section 3. Any person, ccnpany or corporation desiring to
remove any tree or trees from the parking along or u-)on any street,
or upon any alley or public gi?cund adjacent to a lot or lots owned
by the applicant, within the corporate limits of the City of Fort
Collins , shall first make application therefor in writing to the
Commissioner of Public Works , describing therein the location of
t're tree or trees scr.. ht to be r moved , a description of the lot or j
lots owned by the applicant, with the block number , adjacent to which
said trees are locate(' , the kind cf tree cr trees to be removed,
and t'''-e _ asc:: fOP, lrhich said wpplicat`.cn shall be duly
sided by cf t'.e lot or lots, or his or its daly authorized
agent. If said application shall be approved by the Commissioner
of Public works a perrlit shall be issued by him to the applicant
upon a printed form prescribed for said purpose, upon the express
condition that the applicant will save the City of Fort Col'_ins
harmless on account of a;�,y da^ae,es that may be caused or result to
said C'ity or any person, a_risin out of any nemligenca in the
removal of such tree or trees , and that the applicant will cause the
stump and roots to be r=moved and restore the parking, alley or
public -round in a finished workmanlike manner; and upon the further
condition that the right is reserved to the City of Fort Collins
to set or cause to be set in such ,parking, alley or public ground,
trees , to be designated as to kind, and flirnis'ned by it in place of
said trees so removed, and in compliance with the terms and
provisions cf this ordinance .
j Section 4. If such a?plication should be disapproved and
refused by the Commissioner of Works , the applicant shall have the
riGht of appeal to the City Council, and the City Council shall
hear ann cAermine all matters in convection with said application
after due notice to all _parties concerned, and its determination
shall be final and bindinZ respecting said application.
Section 5. Any person, company or corporation who shall
violate any of the -provisions of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than Five ( 5.00)
Dollars nor more than Fifty ('50.00) Dollars, and costs of
proceeding.
Section 6. Ordinance No . 10, 1914, Ordinance No. 13, 1917,
and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby repealed, but anyc ause or causes of action
which may have accrued in f avor of the Ci%7 of -ort Collins prior to
the taking effect of this ordinam e shall be prosecuted to the same
effect as if no repeal had been made .
Section 7. In the opinion of the City Council an emergency
exists for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety,
and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication,
under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of
Article IV of the City Charter.
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote
of all members of the City Council at a regular meeting held this
16th day of Mav , A. D. 1930.
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STa'E OF COLO:tnDO )
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COUNTY OF IA.l= )
I, A. J. ROS NO-W, r7ity Clerk of the City of Fort Collins,
do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing ordinance consisting
of seven (7 ) sections was duly proposed and read at length at a
regular meeting of the City Ccuncil held on tYe 16th day of
Max , A. D. 1930, and was duly adpted and ordered
published in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper
and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the
unanimous vote of all members of the Council, as an emergency
ordinance , in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7
of article IV of the City Charter; and thereafter and on to-wit ;
the 20th day of May A. D. 1930, said Ordinance
Ito . 7 was duly published in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, '
a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado .
IN WIT.TLSS 'kj'HE EGF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said City this 20th day of May ,
A. D. 1930.
City Clerk.
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