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6/6/93
79-0-93
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 7-8-2 of the Evanston City Code
Regarding Licensure for Tree Trimming
WHEREAS, the Illinois Tree Expert Act requiring State
licensure of persons engaged in the planting, removal, trimming,
spraying or treatment of trees has been repealed; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, pursuant to its home
rule powers, desires to retain the requirement that persons
engaged in the planting, removal, trimming, spraying or treatment
of trees obtain a City license,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 7-8-2 of the Evanston City
Code, 1979, as amended, be and hereby is further amended as
follows:
(A) License Required: It shall be unlawful for any person
to plant, remove, trim, spray or otherwise treat trees
for compensation in any parkway or other public place
within the City, unless such person shall obtain a
license from the City of Evanston, and be regularly
engaged in the business of planting, removing,
trimming, spraying or otherwise treating trees.
(B) Application, Information Shown; Examination:
Applications for the license required herein shall be
made directly to the City Manager and shall contain the
name and address of the applicant, if an individual,
the names and addresses of the principal officers, if
a corporation, and the names and addresses of the
members, if a partnership, together with a brief
statement as to the experience of such person in such
business.
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The application for a license shall then be submitted
for approval to the Superintendent of Parks and
Forestry, whose duty it shall be, before approving such
application, to require the applicant to submit
evidence that sufficient knowledge of technical tree
work is possessed, or that sufficient qualifications
and fitness are possessed to perform non -technical tree
work such as removals.
(C) Approval of Application; Issuance; Fee: If the
application for a license as required by this Section
shall be approved by the Superintendent of Parks and
Forestry, upon the payment of a license fee of nineteen
dollars ($19.00) per annum by the applicant to the City
Collector, the City Collector shall thereupon issue to
the applicant a license, attested by the City Clerk,
authorizing such applicant to engage in and carry on
the business of planting, removing, trimming, spraying,
or otherwise treating trees in the City and for the
period therein stated.
(D) Bond Prerequisite to Issuance: No license shall be
issued under the provisions of this Section unless the
applicant therefor shall give bond in the sum of ten
thousand dollars ($10,000.00), with sufficient surety
to be approved by the Superintendent of Parks and Is
Forestry conditioned for the faithful performance of
the work under the control and supervision of the
Superintendent of Parks and Forestry, and to hold the
City, its officers, agents and employees harmless of
any and all damages or injuries to property, or to any
person, or for death resulting, directly or indirectly,
from the planting, removing, trimming, spraying or
otherwise treating such trees.
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication
in the manner provided by law.
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Introduced:
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Adopted: ,/�, e,� 3 , 1993
Approved: �a 'lL, 1993
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Mayor
ATTEST:
/ City Clerk
.T'pp=oved as to form:
Corporation Counsel
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