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4.24.040 Petition for amendment to official map of city trees for entire street block.

     A.    Property owners within a street block may file a petition to amend the official map of city trees in order to request a different species of city tree for a street block than the species of city tree designated in the official map of city trees as follows:

     1.     The petition must be signed by at least eighty (80) percent of the property owners on the street block and must indicate agreement on the species of city tree proposed to be planted.

     2.     The petition shall be delivered to the director along with any fees required as adopted by city council resolution, which may be amended from time to time.

     3.     Upon receipt of the petition and the required fees, the director shall schedule a public hearing before the city council and provide a minimum of ten days’ notice of the public hearing to the property owners on the affected street block. Notice shall be by standard first-class U.S. mail.

     4.     The city council shall approve the petition if it can find that the proposed species of city tree to be planted is consistent with the findings set forth in Section 4.24.030(A).

     5.     Following the public hearing, the city council shall either approve or deny the petition. Should the city council approve the petition, the city council shall amend, by resolution, the species of city tree designated for that street block.

     B.     The city shall replace the city trees on that street block with the new approved species as existing city trees die. Should the petitioning property owners wish to remove the existing city trees and replace with the new species earlier, the property owners shall be subject to the following:

     1.     The city and property owners shall not be subject to the requirements of Sections 4.24.060 and 4.24.070, respectively; and

     2.     Removal of the city trees and planting of the newly approved city trees shall be performed by the city; however, the city shall be fully reimbursed for its costs by each of the petitioning property owners jointly and severally. Such costs shall include, but are not limited to, cost of removal of existing city trees, the cost of the new city trees, cost of planting the new city trees, and cost of an arborist to monitor the new city trees for a period of one year. (Ord. 424 § 1, 2014)