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2 ORDINANCE NO. 556
3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
4 CITY OF AZUSA RELATING TO THE DESTRUCTION
OR INJURY OF TREES AND SHRUBS ON PUBLIC
5 PROPERTY.
6 The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain
7 as follows:
8 SECTION 1. No person shall remove, destroy, cut
down, injure or damage any standing or growing tree or shrub
9 in any public park, street or parkway of the City without
first being issued a permit to do so as provided in the
• 10 following Section of this ordinance; provided, however, that
this Section shall not apply to the removal of trees by
11 authorized officers or employees of the City in the regular
course of their employment or by a contractor under contract
12 with the City when such contract expressly permits or re-
quires such removal.
13 SECTION 2. Persons desiring to remove trees from
14 public property abutting property which they own or occupy
shall make application to the Park and Recreation Commission
15 for a tree removal permit. Application for said permit shall
be in writing and set forth the reasons such removal is desired.
161 If, upon investigation and finding by the Park and Recreation
Commission and the Street Superintendent, the tree desired t0
17 be removed constitutes a nuisance, or other good cause appearing,
a permit shall be issued allowing such tree to be removed.
18 Said permit may require the replanting of another tree after
said removal and if a replacement is required, Applicant shall
19 deposit $10.00 with the City Clerk for each tree to be replaced
before said permit shall be issued. If all the conditions of
20 said permit are not complied with, the deposit herein required
will be forfeited to the City. If such conditions are complied
21 with, said deposit shall be refunded to applicant. Any person .
aggrieved by the refusal of the Park and Recreation Commission
22 to issue a permit or by the requirements of such permit may
appeal to the City Council, and thereupon the City Council
23 shall have the right and authority upon investigation and
findings to issue such permit.
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SECTION 3. Any person violating any of the provisions
25 of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not
26 more than $500.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail or County
Jail of Los Angeles County for a period of not more than six
27 months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
28 SECTION 4.. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law.
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Passed and approved this 15th day of October , 1957.
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Mayor
1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS.
2 CITY OF AZUSA )
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I, JAMES MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa,
4 do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 556 was
5 regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 7th day of October,
1957.. That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and
6 passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 15th
7 days of October , 1957, by the following vote, to-wit:
8 AYES: Councilmen: Fawcett, Johnson, Romero, Memmesheimer
9 NOES: Councilmen: None
10 ABSENT: Councilmen: Orton
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