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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 863CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 590 40th AVENUE N. E. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINN. 55421 (612) 788-9221 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER OUR NATION'S BICENTENNIAL BRUCE G. NAWROCKi, MAYOR E. "SEBE" HEINTZ, COUNCILMAN \A/ALTF_R LOGACZ, COUNCILMAN GAYLE R. NORBERG, COUNCILMAN KENNETH E. MENTGES, COUNCILMAN "SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS" ORDINANCE NO. 863 BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND LICENSING THE REMOVAL AND TREATMENT OF TREES AND PROVIDING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THER[OF The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights does ordain: Section 1. No individual, partnership or corporation may cut, trim, prune, remove, spray or otherwise treat trees for financial renumeration within the City of Columbia Heights withcut first having secured a license from the City to conduct such business unless such individual, partnership, or corporation is the owner of the property on which such tree is located. Secti on 2. (a) Application. Application for a license under this ordinance shall be made at the office of the City Clerk of the City. (b) Application Form. The application for a license shall be made on a form approved by the City which shows, among other things, the name and address of the applicant, the number and names of the employees of the applicant, the number ef vehicles of applicant, together with a description and license number of each vehicle, the type of equipment proposed to be used, and a description of the primary disposal site for any trees to be removed. (c) Liability Insurance. No license or renewal shall be granted, nor shall the same be effective, until the appiicant shall file with the City Clerk proof of a public liability insuranc_~ policy covering all operations of suci; appi'icant under this o~dinance for the sum of at least one hundred tho~sa, nd dollars ($100,000.00) against liability for bodily injuries or c:~.]tn for each perso~ for +h~ sum of at least three hundreJ thousand dollars ($300~OOO) against liability for bodily injuries or death to more than one perso~ from one accident and for at least fifty t~ousancl dollars ($50,000) ~=n.~ ~ll~J ~qurance destruction of pro~ercy . ' ~' ~.,~,a~ ~aYty insuFed. Said provided shall ~nciude policy shall provide 'Chat it may ~ot De cancelled by the insurer except aftur t:e~ <~0) d{;ys' written notice t:o t~'~e Cit. y, and iF such insuranc~ is so canceileJ and t~:e 1-~ceqsee shall fail to re~lace the same ~ith a~ether policy confom~ing to) the ~],'ovisions of th';s oFd~nance, said licen2e shall have been replaced. No individual, partnership or corporation required to be licensed under this ordinance may cut or chemically treat trees within the City of Columbia Heights without first having filed the liability insurance required by this section. (d) Worker's Compensation Insurance. Each license applicant shall file with the City Clerk a Certificate of Insurance of Worker's Compensation when such insurance is required by State Statute. No individual, partnership or corporation required to be licensed under this ordinance may cut or chemically treat any trees within the City of Columbia Heights without having first filed the Certificate of Worker's Compensation Insurance required by this section. (e) Disposal. No license shall be granted to any applicant if the primary disposal site for trees is not approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Upon request of the City Clerk or his representative, any licensee shall forthwith supply evidence that such licensee has dumped or disposed of all diseased trees only at sites approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Should such evidence not be supplied within ten days of such request, said license shall be suspended until such evidence shall be supplied. (f) The annual license fee shall be set by Resolution by the Council. In the absence of such Resolution, the annual license fee shall be $25.00. The license year shall be from January 1 to December 31 of each year. License fees shall not be prorated. Section 3. Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both. Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days after its passage. First Reading: March 14, 1977 Second Reading: March 28, 1977 Adopted: March 29, 1977 Offered by: Norberg Seconded by: Heintz Roll Call: All Ayes Bruce G ~awroc i, ayor becretary ~