Pinole Municipal Code Ch. 12.16 Street Trees, Shrubs and Plants

* For statutory provisions on the planting of trees along public streets, see Street and Hwys. Code § 22000 et seq.; for provisions on injuring shade or ornamental trees, see Penal Code § 622.

A. It is unlawful for any person to cut, trim, remove, mutilate, injure or in any way impair the growth of any tree, shrub or plant being or growing in or on public ground or parking strip in the city of Pinole without a permit issued by the superintendent of streets, who may refuse such permit upon reasonable and lawful grounds.

B. The superintendent of streets may require the aforesaid work or any part thereof to be done under his supervision. (Ord. 99 § 1, 1956).

It is unlawful for any person to plant any tree, shrub or plant in or upon any parking strip or public ground of the city of Pinole without having first obtained a permit therefor from the superintendent of streets, who shall approve the kind, variety and size of any tree, shrub, or plant and may refuse a permit for the planting thereof if same does not conform to the policy or plans of the city of Pinole. (Ord. 99 § 2, 1956).

No tree shall be planted in any public street or public highway at a distance of less than twenty-five feet from any other tree, and must be placed in center of parking area, and not less than twenty feet from the curb at any intersection, except as otherwise ordered by the superintendent of streets. (Ord. 99 § 3, 1956).

It is unlawful for any person to place or cause to be placed in or upon any parking strip or public ground any salt, oil, herbicide, or any other material deleterious to the growth of plants, or in such close proximity to public ground or parking strip that such deleterious material will permeate the soil thereof, without first having obtained permission from the superintendent of streets. (Ord. 99 § 4, 1956).

Any tree growing or standing upon public property or private property, or partially upon public property and partially upon private property in such manner that any portion thereof interferes with poles, lines, wires or electroliers (or the light emitted by such electroliers) lawfully erected, constructed or maintained, along any public street or sidewalk of the city of Pinole or interferes with the visibility of such streets, sidewalks or intersection thereof by any person or persons using the same lawfully, or any such tree which has become diseased or weakened in such manner as to be dangerous to persons lawfully using the streets or sidewalks of the city of Pinole, is a nuisance and the superintendent of streets is authorized to abate such nuisance or cause the same to be abated by trimming, cutting or removing all or such portions of such tree as may be necessary to eliminate such interference, obstruction or condition. (Ord. 99 § 5, 1956).

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the city jail of the city of Pinole or the county jail of the county of Contra Costa for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 99 § 6, 1956).