Monrovia Municipal Code Ch. 12.24 Trees in Parking Strips

The City Council may, and upon the petition of the owners of a majority of the frontage upon any street, shall, adopt plans prescribing the kind, age, size and location of trees that may be planted in the parkways upon any or all of the streets of the city, and the Council may refer such matters to the City Planning Commission for a recommendation thereon before determining the same. The Council may, if in its discretion it deems the same necessary for the beautification of any street, remove any and all trees that may be in such parkways or in any parkway, and require the same to be replaced by trees that conform to the plans for such street, and shall have complete control of all such trees.

(`83 Code, § 12.24.010)

The City Council may, if the property owners along any street fail or refuse to plant the trees determined upon and ordered by the City Council as provided in § 12.24.010, within the time fixed by the Council for such improvement, proceed in the manner provided by law to cause such trees to be planted at the expense of the owners of the adjacent property and to cause the same to be properly cared for and cultivated, so that the trees upon such street may be harmonious and symmetrical, and shall conform to the plan adopted by the Council.

(`83 Code, § 12.24.020)

It shall be unlawful for any person to move, cut, deface, mutilate or injure in any manner, any tree within the outside boundaries of any street or highway in the city, without first having obtained a permit from the City Council so to do, and any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned or both as provided elsewhere in this code.

(`83 Code, § 12.24.030)