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STATE OF MINNESOTA following regulations and standards shall COUNTY OF RAMSEY apply with reference to granting or VILLAGE OF ARDEN BILLS denying applications for tree planting: ORDINANCE NO. 104 (a.) Only trees which are at least AN ORDINANCE REGULA'rING THE one and one-half inches in dia- PLANTING OF TREES IN BOULE- meter measured one foot above VARD AREAS IN THE VILLAGE OF the ground shall be planted. Only ARDEN HILLS, PROVIDING A the following types of trees shall PERMIT PROCEDURE, ESTABLISHING be permitted hereunder: white or REGULATIONS FOR SUCH green ash; sugar, Norway or PLANTING, AND PROVIDING Red maple; hackberry, and Lin- PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION den. Under no circumstances shall The Village Council of the Village of permits be granted for cotton- Arden Hills does hereby ornlnin as fol- wood trees. lows: Section 1. Purpose. The planting of (b.) Permits shall not be granted un- trees on areas in Arden Hills dedicated less there is at least 7 feet be- for public highways, which trees are tween the curb line and sidewalk sometimes referred to herein as boule- line at the pertinent location. vard trees, is a matter of public Interest The curb line shall be determined and it Is the purpose of this ordinance by using the projected street width to provide a procedure for permitting rather than the existing pave- such planting under certain circum- ment location, and the sidewalk stances and subject to certain regula- should be assumed even if it Is tions as provided herein. not present or anticipated. In no Section 2. Planting Pursuant to Per- event shall trees be permitted mit. Planting of trees on pi-perty dedi- within three and one-hnif feet of Bated for public right-of-way is pro- the projected curb. hibited in the Village of Arden Hills (c.) Trees should not be planted closer unless permits therefor are first ob- than 60 feet center-to-center, with tained from the Administrative Clerk. respect to trees which will exceed Application for such permits shall be under 40 feet at maturity; with made on forms provided by the Clerk respect to trees which will exceed and no fee shall be charged for such 40 feet in height at maturity, permits. the required spacing should be Applications shall give the name and at least 76 feet center-to-center. address of the applicant and provide a (d.) The applicant shall be required sketch or other adequate information to to restore the sod to its original Indicate the proposed location of the condition after planting. tree or trees to be planted, which loca- (e.) The planter shall assume respon- tion shall be given with reference to sibility for maintenance and care the existing edge of the pnvement, the of the trees, and must undertake property line of the abutting property, to water the trees well during the size and type of proposed tree, and the first growing season. Trees the exact location of the tree or trees which do not survive the second from some fixed object or point. Appli- growing Benson shall be removed cations must he made by the owner of by the planter at his expense. the property abutting proposed location (f.) The member of the Parks Depart- of the tree or trees to be planted. ment who inspects the site and Upon receipt of such an application recommends the granting of the the Clerk shall first determine whether permit shall drive a stake mark- the necessary Information is given and ing the spot for the planting. shall then refer adequate applications (g.) Trees shall not be planted within to the Parks Department for processing. 12 feet of any fire hydrant, util- The Parks Department shall determine ity pole, or other fixture; nor by inspection of the proposed site and shall they be planted over any application of the standards given herein any public utility, such as a sew- whether said application should be grant- er or a water line; nor shall ed and shall return the application to they be planted within 16 feet of the Clerk with recommendntion for or an intersection; nor in such a against granting. If approved the Clerk manner that on maturity they shall Issue the permit on forms provided will interfere with the visibility for that purpose, and if the application of traffic signs or signals. is disapproved by the Parks Department (h.) In considering the applications the Clerk shall notify the applicant of for permits the Parks Depart- the denial. ment, Board of Appeals and The applicant may appeal any denial Counci! shall consider the size of such an application to the Village and type of the proposed tree in Council by notifying the Clerk in writing relation to other boulevard trees of such request within 30 days after in Arden Hills. In general one receipt of notice of the denial. The ap- species of tree should not consti- plication shall then be referred by the tute more than one-half of the Clerk to the Board of Appeals, which boulevard trees in Arden Hills, shall consider the application at its next and in any one block, including scheduled meeting and report its recom. both sides of the street, there mendation thereon to the Council. If should be a minimum of two the applicant includes in his request to species and a maximum of three the Clerk his desire for hearing on the species of boulevard trees. In matter, such hearing shall he held be- permitting varieties of species to fore the Board of Appeals. After con- be planted consideration should sideration of recommendation of the be given to the desirability that Board of Appeals, the Council shall af- the species conform as to size firm or reverse the action of the Clerk. upon maturity. To the greatest Section S. Permits. All permits granted extent possible, planting should • under this Ordinance shall provide that be permitted in units of a block the granting of the permit places no at one time. obligation upon the Village nor does It Section 6. Severability. If any portion Impose upon the Village nny require- of this ordinance shall be found uncon- ment for maintenance of said trees. stitutional, the balance of the ordinance Any trees planted on public right-of-way shall continue to be in full force and or other public property are placed effect. thereon entirely at the risk of the planter Section 6. Penalty. Violation of this and any trees so planted may be re- ordinance shall be punished by a fine moved, trimmed, maintaine,l, moved, or of not to exceed $100.00 or imprison- otherwise changed at any time by order ment for a term not to exceed 10 days. of the Council. In the event that re- Section 7. Effective Date. This Ordi- moval of the trees or maintenance of nance shall be effective from and after the trees is considered necessary by the its passage and publication. Council and Is done at Village expense Passed by the Village Council of the the cost thereof may be assessed against Village of Arden Hills this llth day the property owner or the abutting prop- of March. 1968. erty owner. All tees planted under such ROBERT BJORNDAHL