The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1914-02-07
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enter any lot or tract of land with
in this city that contains trees or
shrubs, and examine same, and If
found to be Infested with insects or
disease, shall serve written notice on
the owner or owners, or agents hay
ing such property in charge, to de-
stroy. such insects or disease within
ten days after date of such notice,
and in case the owner or his agent
neglects to do such work, the Board
of Forestry shall have power to en-
ter such lot or tract of land and de-
stroy such insects or disease, or, IL
necessary, remove the trees or shrubs
entirely. and charge said owner with
the actual cost 'of same, and such
charge may be recovered by suit. Any
person who shall fail to comply with
any of the provisions of this sec
ton within ten days after receiving
notice from the Board of Forestry. of
the particular thing to be done I'M
der this section. shall be subject to
fine designated in section 16 of this
Ordinance.
Sec. 10. No person or corporation
shall. without the written permission
OF the Board of Forestry, attach any
electric wire. or other wires, insula-
tor or any other device for holding
electric wires. to any tree now or
hereafter growing in any public
street, parking, avenue or highway
under the control of the city of
Grand Junction.
Sec. IL. Every person or corpor-
alton having any wire or wires
charged with electricity shall secure
| ly fasten the same SO that such
wire or wires shall not come in con-
tact with any tree in any public
street, parking, avenue or highway
in the city of Grand Junction.
Sec. IL. Every permit granted by
the Board Of Forestry shall specifi-
cally describe the work to be done
under 1t, and shall expire at the
end OF not exceeding sixty days from
its date, and shall be considered void
any time when the intent of the
permit is violated. No charge shall
be made for any permit.
Sec. 10. The Board of Forestry
shall have power to specify the vari-
cites and kinds of trees that shall
be planted on any public street, park
Ing. avenue or highway where the
variety to be planted hereafter is
not designated in section IA OF this
ordinance.
Sec. IA 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to
plant or set out any trees upon the
streets, parkings, avenues or public
| highways of the city of Grand juno
ton. except such varieties and kinds
as are provided for in this section,
and are permitted by the Board of
Forestry. In all planting of shade
and ornamental trees that may here
after be done in the public streets,
parkings, avenues and highways of
this city, the kind and variety for
each street and avenue shall be as
follows:
All trees hereafter planted in the
following named streets and avenues
shall be only of the variety known
as the American White Elm: Sec
ond street, Fifth street. Seventh
street, Tenth street, Ute avenue,
Main street, Grand avenue, Gunni-
son avenue.
All trees hereafter planted in the
| following named streets and avenues
shall be only of the variety known
as the Silver Leaf Maple; Fourth
street. Eleventh street, Pitkin ave-
nue., Rood avenue, Ouray avenue and
North avenue.
| All trees hereafter planted in the
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shall be only of the variety known
as the American White Ash: Third
street. Sixth street, Ninth street,
| Twelfth street, South avenue, White
avenue, Chipeta avenue, Hill avenue
and Belford avenue.
All trees hereafter planted in the
| following named streets and avenues
shall be only of the variety of the
| Honey Locust: First street, Eighth
street, Colorado avenue and Teller
avenue.
In all other streets, avenues or
public highways of this city not nam
ed in this section, any of the above
named varieties may be planted. or
any other variety that may be desig-
mated or permitted by the Board of
Forestry.
On each block, the end trees of the
row fronting thereon shall be planted
not less than five feet back from the
block corners, and certain number
of feet distant from the property line,
according to width of street, as fol-
lows: On all 100-foot streets, IA "
feet from the property line: on all
S0-foot streets. II feet from the prop
erty line; OH all streets less than so
feet wide, or on such streets. ave
nues OF highways where width or
condition may render same imprac-
teal, the Board of Forestry shall de-
termine location of planting of the
trees to agree with conditions of
same.
The distance between the trees of
each row shall be as follows: Elm
trees, 80 feet apart; all other yarie-
ties of trees q feet apart, or as con-
ditions may render otherwise, to be
determined by the Board OF Fores-
try.
The above measures shall be strict
| ly adhered to. except in such cases
as the lineal measures of the blocks.
location of alleys. driveways, or
width of street or parking, may rem
der same impractical, in which case
the Board of Forestry shall deter
mine and fix location to agree with
conditions.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty of
the Board OF Forestry to see that
tho prnyisiONs IF this ordinance are