(A) Civil
Penalties.
Any person, or property owner, who engages
or participates in, allows, or suffers the following prohibited activities,
will be subject to civil penalties in the amount of two hundred and
fifty dollars per diameter inch of tree removed or injured:
(1) The
removal of any tree in violation of this Article 4; or
(2) Injuring
a tree by failing to comply with the tree protection measures required
by this Article 4, and the injury causes, or may reasonably be expected
to cause, the tree to decline or die.
(B) Administrative
Enforcement and Adjudication.
The City shall follow the administrative enforcement and adjudication procedures as outlined in Chapter
24 of the City Code, to assess and adjudicate any civil penalties imposed under this Section
4.57.
(C) Reforestation
and Tree Management Fund.
Penalties paid to the City under this Section
4.57 will be deposited into a reforestation and tree management fund to be used by the City to provide and support landscape plantings on other properties.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance
7404 adopted 2/21/2023)
