La Verne Municipal Code Ch. 12.36 Parkways and Trees

The maintenance of all parkways, including landscaping, shall be the responsibility of the property owner, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Parkways shall be kept clean and free of debris, and plant material shall be watered regularly by the property owner.

(Prior code § 7740; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

The city shall care for trees planted in the parkways, with the exception of watering, which shall be performed by the property owner. The city shall trim the trees and provide other maintenance necessary to the care of the trees.

(Prior code § 7741; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

In residential districts, the property owner may plant the parkway with low-growing plant materials. In no case shall such landscaping interfere with visibility or create any hazard.

(Prior code § 7740.01; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

In other than residential districts, the property owner shall install landscaping and concrete floor covering as approved by the public works department. In no case shall such landscaping interfere with visibility or create any hazard.

(Prior code § 7740.02; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 838 § 1 Exh. A, 1992; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

No person shall cause any encroachment into a parkway, unless such encroachment is expressly authorized by a public works permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this title.

(Prior code § 7742; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

Whenever street trees are required to be installed pursuant to Title 18 of this code, the trees shall be installed on private property, behind the parkway, in the number and at the locations acceptable to the public works department. Each tree shall be a designated street tree of a minimum fifteen-gallon size and shall be staked pursuant to city standards. Responsibility for maintaining each tree, including the trimming thereof, shall be the sole responsibility of the person who is required to install it and of each subsequent owner of the property on which the tree is planted.

(Prior code § 7744; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 838 § 1 Exh. A, 1992; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

The city council shall from time to time, by resolution, adopt a schedule of designated kinds, types and characters of trees, which shall be the exclusive designation of street trees that are planted within the city. This schedule shall be identified as the "list of designated street trees."

(Prior code § 7744.01; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

A property owner may not remove any tree from the parkway which is a designated street tree, designated in accordance with Section 12.36.070 of this chapter. A property owner may remove a tree which is not a designated street tree from his or her parkway with the prior written approval of the public works department. A request to remove such a tree shall include the location and name of the tree to be removed.

(Prior code § 7740.03; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 838 § 1 Exh. A, 1992; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

The public works department shall remove or cause to be removed any tree or part thereof which appears to be dead, dying or is liable to fall, or is an obstruction to public travel, whether the tree is on public or private property, provided that the tree overhangs, projects into or is in any street, park, parkway or other public grounds of the city.

(Prior code § 7741.01; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 838 § 1 Exh. A, 1992; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

No person shall remove or cause to be removed any tree from any street, park, parkway or other public grounds of the city except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any person plant, mutilate, injure or destroy, or cause to be planted, mutilated, injured or destroyed any tree on any street, park, parkway or other public grounds of the city.

(Prior code § 7743; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

No person shall attach or cause to be attached to any tree in any street, park, parkway, or other public grounds of the city any signs, advertisements, electric wire, conduit, cable insulator, radio aerial or mast, pole, rope or any other article or thing, unless especially authorized to do so by a public works permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this title.

(Prior code § 7742.01; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

Any person having a right to maintain poles or wires in streets, parkways, alleys or other public places shall keep such poles or wires free from all trees and shall, under the supervision of the parks and community services department, properly trim the trees so that no danger is done to either the poles, wires or trees by contact therewith. No person shall trim any such tree without first notifying the public works department of the time and place of the trimming in order that supervision may be provided.

(Prior code § 7742.02; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 838 § 1 Exh. A, 1992; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)

No person shall pile, place or deposit or cause to be piled, placed or deposited any building material, poison, or material of any description whatsoever against or around any tree in any street, park, parkway, or other public grounds of the city, unless the tree is sufficiently protected against possible injury by proper safeguards and then only in compliance with the provisions of this code.

(Prior code § 7743.01; Ord. 622 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1017 § 3, 2010)