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ORDINANCE NO. o
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13.16 OF THE
ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE
UNAUTHORIZED TRIMMING OF STREET TREES.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 1561 and Chapter 13.16 of the Ashland
Municipal Code shall be amended by adding a new Section 13.16.035
thereto, which shall read as follows:
"13,16.035 Permission to Prune. Except for purposes of
removal o ea or dying ranc es which are a hazard to
the public, pruning by City crews, or pruning
for cosmetic purposes, no tree shall hereafter be
pruned within any public parkrow or public right-of-way
until a permit therefor has been issued by the City
Administrator."
SECTION 2. Due to the present lack of regulation on the foregoing
matter, it is hereby determined that the public welfare requires
that an emergency be declared and that this ordinance shall be
effective upon its second reading and approval by the Mayor.
The foregoing ordinance was first read on the r '--4day of
1986 and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this /9 of
1986.
Nan E. Franklin
City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this .,?/4--~' day of 1986
'Gordon e aris
Mayor