URBAN FORESTRY

Glendale City Code ch. 19, art. IV

in effect

Glendale City Code § 19-90 Findings.

Sec. 19-90. - Findings. Trees provide a benefit to the community by assisting in the abatement of particulates and other air pollutants, enhancing the visual image of the community and abating noise pollution. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-91 Purpose.

Sec. 19-91. - Purpose. This article is intended to promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare by providing guidelines for the protection, maintenance and management of tree resources within the City of Glendale. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-92 Administration.

Sec. 19-92. - Administration. This article shall be administered by the deputy city manager of public works with the assistance and advice of the city's interdepartmental urban forestry committee. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-93 Applicability.

Sec. 19-93. - Applicability. This article provides authority for the maintenance of trees located within the rights-of-way, parks, and public places of the city, and trees located on private property which constitute a hazard or threat as described herein. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-94 Definitions.

Sec. 19-94. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Administrator: The deputy city manager for public works of the City of Glendale. Committee: The City of Glendale interdepartmental urban forestry committee which shall be comprised of city staff members appointed by the city manager. Park trees: Trees in public parks, or areas to which the public has free access as a park, and all other areas owned by the city other than right-of-way. Street trees: Trees on public lands lying within the rights-of-way of all streets, avenues, boulevards, roads or ways within the city. Urban forestry plan: The City of Glendale community urban forestry plan adopted by the city council. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-95 Urban forestry plan.

Sec. 19-95. - Urban forestry plan. The committee shall develop and submit to the administrator an urban forestry plan. The administrator shall forward the urban forestry plan to the city council for review and adoption by resolution. The urban forestry plan shall not conflict, or be inconsistent, with other ordinances of the city and shall contain the following: (a) International Society of Arboriculture specifications for street trees and park trees. (b) The type and kind of trees which may be planted within city rights-of-way and parks. (c) Requirements for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, removal or disposition of street trees and park trees. (d) Guidelines for the location and spacing of street trees and park trees. (e) A plan for fostering community support for the urban forestry plan and encourage good tree management on privately-owned property. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-96 Maintenance-Street trees and park trees.

Sec. 19-96. - Maintenance-Street trees and park trees. The city shall have the right to plant, prune, replace and maintain all street trees and park trees as may be necessary to insure public safety or to preserve or enhance the symmetry and beauty of public grounds. The administrator may remove or order to be removed, on city-owned property, any tree or part thereof which is in an unsafe condition or which is injurious to sewers, sidewalks, electric power lines, gas lines, water lines, or other public improvements, or is infected with any injurious insect, pest or disease. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-97 Planting, removing or cutting trees on public property.

Sec. 19-97. - Planting, removing or cutting trees on public property. No person shall plant, remove, cut above the ground, or disturb any tree within any city right-of-way, park or other public place without first obtaining a permit from the administrator. The person obtaining the permit shall abide by the standards set forth in this article. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-98 Posting of signs, letters, reflectors or other items.

Sec. 19-98. - Posting of signs, letters, reflectors or other items. It shall be unlawful for any person to nail, or affix by stapling, gluing, or any other manner, any sign, letter, reflector, number or other item to, or on, any street tree or park tree within the city limits. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-99 Pruning of trees on private property.

Sec. 19-99. - Pruning of trees on private property. Every owner of any tree overhanging any street or right-of-way within the city shall prune the branches so that such tree shall not obstruct the view of any street intersection or interfere with persons utilizing the sidewalk or street. Said owners shall remove all dead, diseased or dangerous trees or broken or decaying limbs which the administrator determines constitutes a hazard or danger to the safety of the public. If the owner fails to remove such trees or limbs within the time period provided in the notice by the city, or if an immediate hazard exists by virtue of such tree or limbs, the city shall have the right, at the expense of the property owner, to prune or remove any tree or shrub upon private property when it interferes with the proper spread of light along the street from a street light, interferes with the visibility of any traffic control device or sign, or otherwise poses a threat to the public safety as determined by the administrator. The costs of pruning or removing such hazardous tree or limbs from the public property or right-of-way shall be assessed against the property owner and shall constitute a lien on the property until paid. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-100 Penalties.

Sec. 19-100. - Penalties. Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment not to exceed the maximum set for class one misdemeanors by the Arizona Legislators in Title 13 of the Arizona Revised Statutes. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

Glendale City Code § 19-101 Severability.

Sec. 19-101. - Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this article or any part of the Code adopted herein by reference is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. (Ord. No. 1977, § 1, 12-9-97)

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