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(b) The proposed location of each and every proposed tree together 

 with the location of each existing within the proposed street lines in scaled 

 relation to the other features of the plan. 



(c) The variety of each and every tree proposed to be planted and of 

 those already existing within the proposed street lines, either indicated on the 

 plan or referenced with a number to key list. 



(d) The distance between trees in any one row in feet. 



(e) The nature of the soil in the planting space, to a depth of three 

 feet, and all existing and proposed surface or subsoil drainage systems. 



All statements filed in lieu of a planting plan shall contain the same in- 

 formation as required on a plan. 



Penalty. — ^Any person, firm or corporation which shall violate or authorize 

 or procure a violation of any provision of this section shall, upon conviction 

 thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for each 

 and every such offense. 



Sec. 15. Guard trees while building. — During the erection, repair, alter- 

 ation or removal -of any building or structure within the city of Cleveland, it 

 shall be unlawful for the person or persons in charge of such erection, repair, 

 alteration or removal, to leave any street tree in the vicinity of such building 

 or structure without such good and sufficient guards or protectors as shall 

 prevent injury to said tree arising out of or by reason of said erection, repair, 

 alteration or removal. 



Penalty. — Any person, firm or corporation which shall violate or authorize 

 or procure a violation of any provision of this section shall, upon conviction 

 thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of not to exceed ten dollars $(10.00) for each 

 and every such offense. 



Sec. 16. Power to preserve or remove tree or shrub located on private 

 ground. — The Director of Parks and Public Property shall have power to enter 

 upon any private grounds in the city of Cleveland and to cause to be sprayed 

 or otherwise treated any tree or shrub infected or infested by any parasite 

 or insect pest when it shall be necessary in the opinion of said Director to do 

 so, to prevent the breeding or scattering of any parasite or animal pest, and 

 to prevent danger therefrom to shade trees and shrubbery planted in the 

 streets, alleys and public grounds of the city of Cleveland, and whenever in the 

 opinion of said Director, trimming, treatment or removal of any such tree or 

 shrub located on private grounds shall be deemed wise, the said Director shall 

 have power to trim, treat, or remove any such tree or shrub. 



Sec. 17. Continued violation. — Every violation by the same person, firm 

 or corporation, of any provision of any section of this ordinance, which con- 

 tinues on any day or days succeeding the first violation thereof, shall constitute 

 an additional violation for each of such succeeding days. 



Sec. 18. That ordinance No. 10396-A, passed February 10, 1908, ordinance 

 No. 16359, passed November 29, 1909, and ordinance No. 21089, passed Sep- 

 tember 25, 1911, be and the same are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 19. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the earliest period 

 allowed by law. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT 



Various schemes are m operation for the organization of the 

 municipal tree-treating department, but the two which seem most 

 popular in eastern United States, where more attention is given the 

 matter than in any other section of the country, may be classified 

 as the commission plan and the city department plan. Of the two, 

 the former as a rule is most satisfactory. 



The commission plan. — ^With the commission plan the authority 

 is centralized in a commission of three members or more, usually 

 nonpartisan and nonsalaried. As a rule, the personnel of the com- 



