112 STREET AND HIGHWAY PLANTING. 



ORDINANCE NO. 4 (NEW SERIES.) 



An ordinance regulating the planting, removal and care of trees and shrubs in the 

 streets of the city of Riverside. 



The mayor and common council of the city of Riverside do ordain as follows: 



SECTION 1. No trees or shrubs shall hereafter be planted in the public streets 

 of the city of Riverside, except under the direction of the Board of Park Commis- 

 sioners of said city. 



SEC. 2. No trees or shrubs planted or growing in the public streets of said city 

 shall be removed, except by the permission of said Board of Park Commissioners, 

 and no trees in the streets shall be cut, pruned or trimmed except under the direction 

 of said board ; nor shall any one not authorized by the Board of Park Commissioners 

 trench around or longside of any tree, plant, or shrub with a view to cutting the 

 roots of same. 



SEC. 3. Said Board of Park Commissioners shall exercise general care and 

 supervision over all trees in the streets of said city, and shall select the variety of 

 trees hereafter to be planted in the streets of said city. 



SEC. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions contained in sections num- 

 bered 1 and 2 of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be 

 punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), or be imprisoned for 

 not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



SEC. 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances conflicting with the provisions 

 of this ordinance are hereby repealed. 



SEC. 6. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect thirty days after its 

 adoption and approval. 



SEC. 7. The city clerk shall certify to the passage and approval of this ordi- 

 nance and cause the same to be posted as required by law. 



Approved this twenty-fifth day of July, 1907. 



The ordinances passed by the city of Redlands are somewhat more 

 numerous, but are equally effective and satisfactory in operation. 



ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA. 



ARTICLE III. 



SEC. 29. Subdivision 5. Trimming trees. It shall be unlawful for any person 

 to permit the branches or foliage of any tree, plant, hedge or bush to obstruct the 

 free passage of vehicles in the roadway of any street, or of pedestrians upon the 

 sidewalk portion thereof, or to hang over such portion of such sidewalk within 

 seven feet of the surface thereof. 



SEC. 29. Subdivision 6. Cutting trees. It shall be unlawful for any person to 

 cut or permit the cutting of any tree or the roots or branches thereof being or 

 growing upon any street in said city, or to in any manner injure or impair the 

 growth or life thereof, without first obtaining a permit so to do from the board of 

 trustees or the tree warden, or tree commission ; provided, that nothing herein shall 

 prevent the proper trimming of trees as provided in subdivision 5 hereof. 



ARTICLE X. 



SEC. 80. Appointment of commission. There is hereby established a tree com- 

 mission, to consist of three members to be appointed by the board of trustees and 

 to serve at the pleasure of the board, and the executive officer of such commission 

 shall be known as the tree warden. 



SEC. 81. Power and authority. Said commission is hereby vested with power 

 and authority to take charge of and supervise the care and maintenance of all public 

 parks and the planting, trimming and removing of all trees upon the streets and 

 public places of the city. 



SEC. 82. Planting of trees. Said commission and said board of trustees, or 

 either of them, shall have the right to direct the kind and variety of trees to be 

 planted upon any of said streets, and it shall be unlawful for any person to plant 



