The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1914-02-07
ORDINANCE NO.

AntNLi@S IA ilOA<-h ID oIt0,
City Clerk.
ORDINANCE No.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A
BOARD OF CITY FORESTRY
AND PROVIDING FOR THE REG
ULATION OF PLANTING. PRES
ERvATION AND CARE OF
TREES IN THE STREETS, AVE
NUES AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNG
TON.
BE Il Ordained by the City Council
OF the City of Grand Junction,
Colorado:
Section /. There is hereby created
a Board OF Forestry for this city;
said Board shall consist of the Com
missioner of Public Affairs, the Com
missioner of Highways. and the Com
missioner of Health and Civic Beau
ty. The Commissioner of Highways
shall be ex-officio chairman, and the
Commissioner of Health and Civic
Beauty shall be ex-officio clerk of
said Board.
Sec. 2. The Board of Forestry
shall have full power and authority
over all trees. plants and shrubs in
the streets. parkings. avenues and
public highways of the city of Grand
junction, including the right to plant
trees and care for same. and the
said Board may, whenever authoriz-
ed SO to do by the City Council en-
ploy City Forester and other COM
petent men. skilled and learned in
the science of forestry, who shall
work under the direction and control
of the Board of Forestry
Sec. 3. The caring for street trees
shall be subject to such rules and
regulations as the Board of Forestry
may adopt, and said Board shall have
the right to add new rules and reg
ulations from time to time as may
be required for the proper care of
such trees.
Sec. 4. All cotton-bearing cotton
, wood trees growing on the public
, streets. parkings. or highways of the
, city are hereby declared to be a
nuisance, and 1t shall be the duty OF
the owner or owners of the lot or
parcel of land in front of which any
such cotton-bearing cottonwood tree
grows to abate the said nuisance
by removing such tree or by so
trimming such tree that the tree
will not bear cotton Failure on the
part of the owner or owners of any
lot or other parcel of land in front
of which grows a cotton-bearing tree
to abate said nuisance within ten
days after receipt of written notice
from the Board of Forestry to abate
the said nuisance shall make such
owner or owners liable, upon con-
viction, to a fine or not less than
five or more than fifty dollars.
Upon failure of the owner or owners
of any lot or parcel of land in front
of which grows cotton-bearine
tree to abate said nuisance within
ten DAYS after receipt of written
notice from the Board of Forestry
: to abate the said nuisance, the City
: of Grand Junction. through the
Board of Forestry, may remove OF
cause to be removed said tree. or II
may trim or cause to be trimmed
such tree, and the cost thereof shall
be recovered from such owner by
suit.
See. 5. No shade or ornamental
tree, plant or shrub. shall be planted
in any of the public streets, parkings.
avenues or highway of the city OF
Grand Junction until the Board OF
Forestry shall have first approved the
kind, size and variety thereof, desig-
mated the location therefor. and
granted a permit for planting same.
Sec. 6. No person shall, without
the written permit of the Board OF
Forestry, remove. destroy, break cut,
deface, trim. or in any way inJure or
interfere with any tree, plant OF
shrub that is now or may be here
after growing in any public street,
marking, avenue or highway of the
city of Grand Junction; provided,
however, that nothing in this sec
ton shall be construed to apply to
the removal of any tree or root, or
shrub or part thereof, whenever the
same shall be necessary for the con-
struction of sidewalks, sewers OF
movements, or other public improve
ments. Whenever 1t becomes neces-
sary to remove or trim trees IN any
way for the above said improvements,
the Board of Forestry shall be noti-
fled prior thereto.
Sec. Z. No person shall hitch or
fasten any horse. or other animal. 10
any tree or shrub, or to any device.
intended to protect any tree OF
shrub, now or hereafter growing IN
any street. parking. avenue or pup.
lie highway of the city OF Grand
Junction: nor shall any person per-
nit y morse u SldAu hCaA -
any tree, plant or shrub, to bite or
rub against or in any way injure or
deface the same; nor shall any per-
son place post for the hitching oil
horses within five feet of any tree,
plant or shrub, now or hereafter
growing in any street, avenue or pub
lie highway of the city of Grand
Junction, unless proper precaution
has been taken to protect the tree,
plant or shrub, with guards; nor
shall any person attach any rope,
wire, sign. poster or hand bill or
object, on any tree. plant or SHRUB
now or hereafter growing in any
street, avenue or public highway OF
this city.
Sec. S. No person shall remove,
injure or misuse any guard or de-
vice placed or intended to protect
any tree, plant or shrub growing IN
any street parking, avenue or pubic
af tho eitv Of Grand juno