The City Engineer shall designate street numbers
for all properties.
No person shall assign any name to any new street
without first submitting the proposed name to the Board of Public
Works for its approval.
The owner, occupant or person in charge of any
building located upon or in close proximity to the line of any sidewalk,
street or other public way shall, upon notice from the City Superintendent
or a police officer, remove or cause to be removed the snow and ice
from the roof, eaves trough or gutter of such building when the same
is liable to fall therefrom.
No person shall deposit or allow to be deposited
upon any paved street, curbing or public way in the City salt or saltwater,
except that, at the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works,
salt may be used upon City streets for aiding in the control and removal
of ice and snow therefrom at such times as he/she may deem advisable.
A.
Responsibility. The Board of Public Works shall be
responsible for the care and maintenance of all street trees. "Street
trees" are deemed to be those located between the sidewalk and the
curb. Such care and maintenance shall include the planting, spraying,
trimming, removal and repair of such trees.
B.
Attaching notices and signs. No person shall attach
any wire, fixture, notice, poster or sign on any street tree or do
any planting, spraying, trimming, removal or repair on any such tree
without prior approval from the Superintendent of Public Works.
C.
Removal of trees. Only unsafe or unsound trees will
be removed at the expense of the City. Removal of all other trees,
granted upon request, shall be at the expense of the owner of the
real property involved. The determination of what is an unsafe or
unsound tree shall be made by the Superintendent of Public Works.
D.
Unauthorized killing. Any person deliberately killing
a City-owned tree shall be liable for the cost of removing the dead
tree and the replacement, if necessary.
E.
Planting in sidewalk area. Planting of trees, shrubs,
bushes or hedges in the sidewalk area shall not be permitted.
