§ 45-16. Permit exemptions.

(a)

Any person performing emergency utility work to restore, but not increase beyond the original capacity of underground transmission or distribution systems or utility services to existing residential, commercial or governmental facilities, and within the same trench as existing utilities, shall be exempt from obtaining a permit, provided that all applicable controlling arboricultural specifications and standards are followed and that the city forester is notified as soon as practical should excavation necessitate cutting roots in excess of three (3) inches in diameter.

(b)

Any person performing emergency work to restore but not to relocate or increase the capacity of overhead transmission or distribution systems or overhead utilities services to residential, commercial, or governmental facilities and which necessitates the cutting of limbs or branches up to four (4) inches in diameter, as measured outside the branch collar, shall be exempt from obtaining a permit, provided that all applicable controlling arboricultural specifications and standards are followed and the city forester is notified as soon as practical following the completion of such work.

(c)

A resident of the city shall not be required to obtain a permit for pruning sucker growth less than one inch in diameter which originates from the base of crape myrtle trees growing in that portion of the public right-of-way between the curb and sidewalk and directly adjacent to property owned or substantially controlled by said resident, or from watering without a permit any tree, plant or shrub located in the right-of-way.

(Ord. No. 41,728, § 1, 2-15-05)

(Ord. No. 41,728, § 1, 2-15-05)