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<br />Sec. 21.5-1. <br />Sec. 21.5-2. <br />Sec. 21.5-3. <br />Sec. 21.5-4. <br />Sec. 21.5-5. <br />Sec. 21.5-6. <br />Sec. 21.5-7. <br />Sec. 21.5-8. <br />Sec. 21.5-9. <br />Sec. 21.5-10. <br />Sec. 21.5-11. <br />Sec. 21.5-12. <br />Sec. 21.5-13. <br />Sec. 21.5-14. <br />Sec. 21.5-15. <br />Sec. 21.5-16. <br />Sec. 21.5-17. <br /> <br />Chapter 21.5 <br /> <br />TREES* <br /> <br />Purpose. <br />Authority. <br />Duties and responsibilities. <br />Term of office. <br />Operation. <br />Applicability. <br />Definitions. <br />Licensing. <br />Insurance. <br />Public tree care. <br />Tree planting, maintenance, and removal. <br />Adjacent landowner responsibility. <br />Private trees. <br />Permits. <br />Enforcement. <br />Penalties, claims and appeals. <br />Review. <br /> <br />Sec. 21.5-1. Purpose. <br /> <br />It is the purpose of the chapter: to conserve and protect public land, water, air, vegetation <br />and other natural resources of the City of Martinsville, to promote and protect the public <br />health, safety and general welfare by providing for the regulation of planting, maintenance, <br />and removal of trees, shrubs, and other plants on public property within the City of <br />Martinsville; and to preserve and protect such trees and other vegetation, during all phases of <br />any land-disturbing activity. <br />(Ord. No. 2004-20, ~ I, 1-25-2005) <br /> <br />Sec. 21.5-2. Authority. <br /> <br />There is hereby created and established a city tree board for the City of Martinsville, which <br />shall consist of five (5) members and shall be appointed by the city council. Members shall <br />serve without compensation. <br />(Ord. No. 2004-20, ~ II, 1-25-2005) <br /> <br />Sec. 21.5-3. Duties and responsibilities. <br /> <br />The board, in collaboration with the city manager and superintendent of schools or their <br />designees, shall consider, investigate, make findings, reports, and recommendations regarding <br />any special matter coming within the scope of its work. <br /> <br />*Editor's note-At the instruction of city, App. B, Art. XXVI, was moved to Ch. 21.5 to read <br />as herein set out. <br /> <br />Supp. No. 61 <br /> <br />1285 <br />