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' ' Al' ORDDWfCB TO RBG.ULATB THI PLA!ITDIG, .u..nrrBIWICZ, .um
BDOV.A.L OP ':rRllS OD SHRUBS OROVING ROW OR H1R!AP'rD U:
TD S'l'ftmS,' P.ARXS A?rD PUBLIC PLACBS IX THI CITY OP
PALO .AL'l'O; A1fD 1'0 l'RJmDri' .AND TO PROVIDI ll'Oll TBB
CORRIC'l'IO!f· OP CIR'l'ilJ aAZABDO'OS CONDITI OMS•
The Counc1l 'ot the City ot Palo Alto DOIS ORD.AD' aa rollow•:
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, irhat a new. Article 32-B ot Cod.it1ed ordinance No •. Ph• ah&ll be
adopted as tollOW9 : \ PART V!
PUBLIC WORJCS
':"ARTICLE 32B -$TlmB'l' TJmBS, SHRUBS I ill> PLAJl'.l'S.
Sec. 32.10 -DBPIBITIONS.
, (a) The City or Palo Alto shall have control or all' streete
tre-ea, shrubs and plants now or hereatter in any street:,. park -or
puJ:.lic place ~itb1n t~ City l1m1ta, and aball .have tbe. power to
pll.nt, care tor, and ma1ntl>..1n such trees, shrubs and plants. . .
(b) "Person• .. ueed herein •hall eear. 1nc11v1duala, r 1rm ..
aae:oc1..at1ona and corporationa, and agents, eaxployeea or representa
ti'1ea thereof. ·
·• (c) "City" ae used heHin shall mean the C1ty or Palo.Alto
aoting bj' and through 1tt!: authorized representativH.
(d)"Street• ah.all include all land 111ng between the boundar1ea or property abutting on all public streets, boulevards, alleys
and walka. •.·
(•) •rark•" shall include all parka to which r.&eeB have been
given b7 act1on·ot the City Counc11.
(r·) •Pubuc Places" shall i nclude r.,11 grounds, other than
stre•t•. or parl,oJ·, ~ by or leaaed to and under the control or
the Ci~ ot Palo ¥to·. · -. (g) -~street ~e" aa -used be·rein ahall include arq wood7
pe:r.nr:l&l ·plant bartng a single main &Jtis or atem comonl.y a'cbieYing ten (10} reet~i?l-.beiaht and capable or ahap1ng and Pl"\.:ninl to
develop a branc'h-:·fne ·trunk at leaat nine '(9) teet in height. • .l
~· -{h) "Shrtlb• a:a uud heM1n aball include amy woody .,.rennial
plant,. normally l ent,, ~everal-ate-4; adaptable to shaping, tri .. -
1.ng, and ~~n~ without 1nJtll"J', Within the area planted.
(1) ·•Red8e• as used herein ab&ll incl~• 8.Jl1' plant •terlal,
abrub or plant,,·wben"P;lan~ in a demie, conti nuoua line or area,
aa to ro~ a thick•\; or barrier.
~ . . ('j) •r1ant• aa _used ·bere1:n aba-11 1n'.\lli.de all other plant:.
mter1al, nol'l-wood.7,·annual, or perennial in l'l&ture, not neceaa .. r1ly
hardy.
(k) •stre.t treett, sbrube, or plants• ws6d herein shall include
&Zl7 tt"ee, shrub, or plant 1n 6J17 atreet, park :>r public place 1n tbe
City or Palo Alto. ;;-:
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. ' -.. ' ·:· · 8.k. 32·~'.ll -URLBSS AtmlOJUZID. BY PtWll'1'; no i>e:rson aball a
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. (a'),·Pl.Aftt> NllCft, top, or in any W:LJ' in.J.aN or wt1J.ate &n7
s treet tr... : . .
t:oee.
(l>) l'aa~ any ai.gn, wire, oi-~jUl"loa uteri.al to 'Ul7 atroeet
(C} Bxcaftte ~ditch or tunneli ~ place ·cODCrete or othar
pave•nt· within a diatanc. at ten -(10}. tff~ ot tbe c.nte1 .. ot the
trmik ot any •tn•t t re•.
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· . ~.., peNOft -•iriq' to-do '&117 ot tti. work" dHcril>ed in
Section 2 he~ot •1' apply tor a permit so to do. 'l'be ·appl1cant
shall·atate the Dature ot the vork and the location W'Mre it will l>e done.. ·
(b) Issuance i . .'/ A Pil"ldt •ball be iH1ied authorising so llllcb ot the work as: .
, (1) Vill not create, continue or aggravate ~ _"Mlzardoue
condition, or {>Ublle nuisance; . . .
i · (2.J :.i,111 not prevent or intertf1re with the growth, loca-tion :o~· plant.t~·.ot approved .1treet trees;
., '-.. · .. : (3) I•/cona1atent With the plat1t1ng plan ,l>e11lg tollowed
b:y· the Ci:ty.' · .. , ·· . . .
. . .... . .... Sec.'. 32.13 -PUBLIB·:·~i 'J.'hit ·tollowing are, ror tM purposes
hereot, det1ned to 6i 11iibi1c iiUleanceiss
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i ,. n· ~ . (a) AJs:s dead~ 4'.1U&a&d.~ ~e1i.d., Ot' dying tree 11l &IQ' atrfft; t· t or on &IQ' pr:t.vate propert1 so near to a117 1tre.t tr.. aa to coaat1-i __ tute. a c1ang•i-to 1treet trees, or streets, or portions t bereot.
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i · (b) Any tree or ahrub on any private property or ~D aey street,
i o! a. type o~ ~peci~• apt' to dest~y~ 1mpa1r or othertcise interfere
I with ·any. stree-t ·11111>roveM:nte1 aidewalks·, ctrba, approved 1treet ,
. -. tra~a·, gutters> sewere·,· other public i11Pro1emente', 1nclud1n& utility i . 111aine or "rvi:cea . .-· · . ·
I . : " (c'} V1t,b1n the thfrty (30) toot t riangle or pr1.vate property at I th~ 1ntera.~t1on on -any streets 1mpr0ved tcr vehicular trattic, any
trtH ll.W>, abrul> or.-pluit reaching a heigl't more than three teet
a~ove-tbe: c~ ·grid• adjacent !:hereto;.exce~t.ree trunlal ba!ing no limba. lower tbfn..nine (9) feet above cuR[i~ -· . -. -{d} Vine• or ~1111))1ng::p1&xl8 growing into or over any at~~t
tree;. or &1l)" public hydrant, pole or electr~liar.
: -(•) sX1atenoe o~ a~ t ree within the. Cit)' 11111t• that 18 1~-teisted.,. 1ntected. or in daxlger·or l>ecolling 1nf"ested or intected with
ob ;1ec't1onable'' 1naec·ts, ~caie, tUllgUS or gro~th .1njurio~ to trees.
1' "" ... : {t'.) The . e.Xiatence or. &ft1' brancbes or ro11ap which 1ntcrtere
. I r-.:t:h v181b111ti on,· or tree uae. ot; or acC4tH to, aey portioa ot an,.
at :i:'eet ,1mp~ved tor nhi·cular -or pedestrian travel •
Iii ' (g) Hedges. or dens• thorny shrubs and plants on any street or
1 pa:rt .tbereot. ... .
I · _ (h) Shrubs and pla.nts more tban two (2) reet 1n heigbt in any
·at:Ntet; 11euured above top or curb grade.
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Sec. 32'.l~ --ABAWWW OW ·:rtJBLIC: JltJIS:UCS:
·Vben ~ pub,lio llUiaanoe u · detil>ied. btreil1 •:Id.eta, a notice •7
be sent by ordi.nary t1n.1 ted Sta tea •1'.L to the owner or tenant 1n
vol ...ed. Such n<>tice •he'll ~scribe t ll• condition.• atate the work
ne.o"Ml'J' to rffed7 .. tbt C®di't1.on, · anit all all spec1.f'7 the ti• w1 thin
Which. the: work'. aust. be pertol'Md. It. at the end or the ~11119 apec1-
t1ed., such ·wor1c .. ba8 not bffn perto~!, t~ C1t7 •71perto1'11 auoh ·
" worlc, aJld "t1-OOtJt" tbffeot aball COIUl'tit~.te a cbarp·:againat 8UCh
'" owner Or-· t.nant, em.d' aueh cAa.rge .abal:L be a lien on . atlch propertJ' •.
Sec. j:!.15. -.Dj)(AG!:Si ,
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h ·:! Jn.age• to_·. ~7· •tr..t tree. caueed by atii act ~r oa1aa1on b7 i .. an::r person>~ °Wh9M~'~J' e.uoh'..•ct -or ~Hion· 1e Pl'OM:~~t.!4 b~ or not ·
J autbor1Hd.'p.uro'Gl:J1!t ·to tb1• ordinance, shall· be ch&ri•d to euch
,, ptrraon or ·penone •. . : ·. . "f .
Sec. 32 .16 -,D'l'KRPBRDCI r
Ho ~'~n ehirll 1nt1rtore' 'W1 th or de La;r tbe authorized repre
aentati n · ot. tbt C1t7 trom the execution .tnd entorce'lient ·or tb1a
ordi~ce, except' as -pro.Vided by law • . .
Sec. 32.17 -~.!!Q!!!s
The. C1.t7 -~ aciJ;t .·~1.1lat1one preac::-1b1ng a~ ot l&nd
acapil2g. and plantizag or atreeta, parks alfl public place•, therein.
a copy or-sucb regul&t iona al'iall be availnble tor public inspection upon requeet,. and all work pertorMd in at;rMta, parks or public
:place's ab&.ll· be perto::.._d 1n acoordanoe'::;tJ~tb. ·
: .. The above ·and toj~~oing ord1J:lance wau duly and regularly 1ntro
ducei1 at a regul&r Mt!lting .ot tbe Council or tbe C1t}' ot Pa.lo Alto ."on Monda7,:tbe lltn Clit.)' of 'June, ·1951, &llGl.waa thereaf'ter on Monday,
: the. 25th day ot Jtme, 1951, duly and regularly paeaed by the tollow-
1.ng vote: , . : . " ··~ Bower
<AYES · · Bl011l;1 .~lA!inder; Bowd~~he1., C&thcart, Drysdale 1 · · ~. Hil'ler, Mo.~.trouil, Vl cke·tt.
HOBS: 'None •.
ABSERT:-'·Gaspar, Bill, .Linder, JUtchell.
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. -. I, WIJaPRBD JUDD, City,Clerk.or the City or Palo Alto, bentb:r eerti't'y. that. ·the ~··and foregoing :ordinance .was dul7 and
regularly puaed by the Council or the City ot Palo Alto aa rollowe.: P1ret reading on the 11th daT ot .TUM, 1951, second
reading ·and-passage. on the 25th a.y·or J'untt, 1951, and was there-6tter ·poeted on the bulletin boa';'d .at the c1 ty hall.
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