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<br />2 352 Landmark trees.
<br />3 A landmark tree shall be any tree, public or private, that has been designated as such by the city council,
<br />4 after public hearing and due notice to the owner of the tree. The criteria of such designation shall include,
<br />5 but not necessarily be limited to, notable historical interest and value to the city because of its location
<br />6 or historical association with the community.
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<br />8 353 Public trees.
<br />9 (A) Authority. The city shall have the right, but does not have the obligation, to plant, prune, maintain
<br />10 and remove trees, plants and shrubs within the public right-of-way of all streets, alleys, avenues,
<br />11 lanes, squares, parks, and public grounds, as may be necessary to ensure public safety or to preserve
<br />12 or enhance the symmetry and beauty of such public grounds areas.
<br />13 (B) Removal of public trees. No trees, brush, vines, shrubs and/or ground cover are to be removed by
<br />14 anyone, including adjacent landowners or agents of any landowner, from any city -owned land,
<br />15 greenways or access corridors from greenways without the written permission of the city.
<br />16 (C) Storage upon public land. No person shall deposit, place, store, or maintain upon any public place
<br />17 land of the municipality city any stone, brick, sand, concrete, vehicles, equipment, toxins, animals,
<br />18 tree carving, or other materials which may impede the free passage of water, air, or fertilizer to the
<br />19 roots of any tree growing therein, except by written -permit permission of the city.
<br />20 {-d) Signage. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or public utility to attach any -sign, advertisement,
<br />21 political endorsement or notice to any public trcc.
<br />22 (D) Operation of equipment.
<br />23 (1) All maintenance equipment, implements, machines and tools shall be used or operated in
<br />24 such a manner as not to damage or destroy any tree, shrub or plant in any public right-of-way
<br />25 or park.
<br />26 (2) During the erection, repair, alteration or removal of any building, house or structure, in the
<br />27 city, any person, firm, or corporation in charge of such work shall protect any tree in any public
<br />28 place within the city in the vicinity of such building or structure with sufficient guards or
<br />29 protectors to prevent injury to such tree.
<br />30 (E) Notifying adjacent property owners of maintenance work. An attempt *-ay shall be made to inform
<br />31 adjacent property owners of maintenance work on trees and landscaping along boulevards, city
<br />32 property, and easements. This notification will be left with direct and adjacent property owners.
<br />33 Suitable precautions shall be taken to protect and warn the public that spraying is being done to
<br />34 public trees. Spraying will be done only if following an integrated pest management plan as
<br />35 exemplified under such topic within the state department of agriculture and be completed by a
<br />36 Minnesota Department of Agriculture licensed pesticide applicator.
<br />37 {-G) Adjacent landowner' limited responsibility. Trees planted along city property lin-os will bc watered
<br />38 by those property owners adjacent to said trccs. No one other than employees or their designee
<br />39 trim, prune, or remove public trccs
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<br />41 354 Private trees in new development areas.
<br />42 (A) Requirements for a tree preservation plan. Prior to any development, land clearing filling, or any
<br />43 other land alteration, as described in subsection (B) of this section, a tree preservation plan shall be
<br />44 submitted to and approved by the city. Thc developer shall bc required to erect suitable protective
<br />45 barriers armed all trees to be preserved and the&c protective structures, where required, shall
<br />46 f-emain until such time they arc authorized to bc removed by the city or issuance of a final
<br />47 certificate of occupancy,
<br />48 (B) Tree preservation plan. A tree preservation plan shall be submitted with preliminary plats and/or
<br />49 site plans, drawn to the same scale as the other preliminary plat or site plan submittals. Thc
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