Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-31
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE


THE following Ordinance was passed
py the Cltv Council and signed by His
Honor, the Mayor March 23. 1915. and
Section z, of the Act of Assembly an,
proved the 9th day OF June, A d. 1918:
! AN ORDINANCE
70 regulate the selection, planting.
trimming, maintenance, protection
ana removal of shade trees in the
highways of the city and providing
soptiny 9 penalty for the violation thereof.
section l. Be II ordained by the CITY
;Eo9ncil i or the City of Harrisburg and
II H. rs hereby ordained by authority of
me me sane, SANE, That all shade trees within
s9ter s9e highways Of the city shall here
AFTER be selected planted, trimmed.
maintained, protected and removed in
afiTGordanice fion in with the following regula-
(a) No person shall plant any tree
] IN any street without first having oh
the City Forester, setting forth the con
ditlons under which such trees NAV be
pIanted' including the kind and variety
tthereof, and until the City Forester has
a1esignated on the ground the location
tnereor and without in all respects
complying with the conditions of such
(b) No person. except the CITY For
ester OF MS assistants, shall spray
inuich' tertilize or otherwise treat, re-
move, destroy, cut or trim any living
tree or any part thereof. growing in
any street, without first having obtain
e6. ed written permit from the City For
any tree in any street in conneetiop 0l
with the work of any other city depart
nent or OF any public service corpora.
ton or other erson having a right to
use said street shall be done except in
snch Sr manner as directed by said City
(cl, No person shall fasten any horse
] OF other animal to any tree or shrub in
any street; nor shall any person cause
OF permlt any horse or other animal to
stand or be near enough to any trees IN
bite or rub against it or in any manner
lnJure or deface the same; nor shall
any person attach or place any rope.
| wire, sign, poster, handbil or other
thing or substance on any tree in any
street or on any guard or protection
, OF the same; nor shall any person re
move inlure or misuse any guard or
| device placed or intended to protect
any tree now or hereafter growing in
| j.. (d) No person shall. without first
| having obtained written permit from
tne CITY Forester attach any electric
wire. insulator. or other device for hold
ing electric wires to any tree now or
hereafter growing in any street; and
every person or corporation having any
| wire or wires charged with electricity
shall securely fasten or change the
! location of same so that such wire or
wires shall not injure any tree in any
/ street.
(e) No person shall. without first
having obtained written permit from
upon the ground in a street stone. @
cement or other substance which shall
impede the free entrance of water and
air to the roots of any tree in such
street, without leaving an open space
| of ground outside the trunk OF said
tree, in area not less than four square
I feet.
Cf) No person shall in any way in
| terfere, or cause any person to inter-
fere, with the City Forester or his as
sistants in and about the planting.
mulching, pruning, spraying or remov-
ing of any tree in any street, or in the
removing Of stone cement or other
substance, about the trunk OF any tree
in any such street; all of which the said
City, Forester and his assistants are
hereby authorized to do.
| (g) In the erection, alteration or
repair of any building or structure, the
owner or owners thereof shall place. or
cause to be placed, in accordance with
the directions of the City Forester.
such guards around all nearby trees in
the streets as shall effectually prevent
(h) No person shall pour salt water
or deleterious matter upon any high
way as to injure any tree planted or
dC All leaks in gas pipes or mains
that may occur within a radius of forty
paired and stopped by the owners of
such pipes or mains within five days
after receipt of notice from the City
Section 2. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be subject to fine of not exceeding
ltWentN-nNe dollars ana cOSlS anu 1altuTG
to pay such fine. or inability to collect
the same by law shall make the de-
fendant liable to Imprisonment in the
iail of Dauphin county for a period not
exceeding thirty days.
Section g.. All ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be and
the same are hereby repealed
Passed the City Council March 20,
1915. 49,.
JNO. K. ROYAL.
Mayor.
Attest-CHAS. A. MILLER,
tSEALl City Clerk.