Chapter 11.24
STREET TREE/LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

Sections:

11.24.010    Supplementary standards—Adoption procedure.

11.24.020    Standard specification including supplementary standards—Adopted.

11.24.030    Expense of property owner.

11.24.040    Welfare of safety improvements.

11.24.010 Supplementary standards—Adoption procedure.

A.    The council may adopt by resolution, from time to time, supplementary standards or other standards, specifications and designs with respect to the maintenance of existing trees, and/or landscaping within the public right-of-way and/or the improvement of the public right-of-way by landscaping and/or the placement of trees, including but not confined to the standards of design and workmanship of such improvements and specification as to materials used therein.

B.    Such supplementary standards may be adopted by reference, without posting or publishing them, if they have been printed in book or pamphlet form and three copies thereof have been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the clerk prior to the adoption thereof.

C.    Where adopted by reference, the clerk shall furnish any interested person on request with a copy of such standards. The council may impose a reasonable charge for such copies, based on the costs of printing the same.

D.    Said supplementary standards or other standards, specifications and designs may be amended or repealed by the council at any time by resolution.

E.    Prior to adoption, amendment or repeal of any such supplementary standards, the council shall refer the proposal in writing to the planning commission of the city for an advisory report thereon. The matter shall be considered by the commission at its next public meeting, but no public notice shall be required with respect thereto. If the commission fails to file its report with the council within thirty days after the proposal has been filed with its secretary, the council may proceed with the matter without such a report. If the proposal for adoption, amendment or repeal of such standards is initiated by the planning commission, no further report on such proposal shall be required from the commission unless the council proposes to make substantial changes therein.

F.    Whenever any provision of this title, or any other applicable ordinance, or of any law of the state, requires a more strict standard than set forth in such supplementary standards, the same shall be deemed to prevail over such supplementary standards.

G.    Neither the provisions of this section nor the adoption of any such supplementary standards shall be deemed to limit any discretion which may be vested by this title in the planning commission, the council, the city engineer or any other person charged with the application, construction or enforcement of this title, except to the extent that the matter is specifically covered by a standard or specification adopted as herein provided. (Ord. 91-5 § 2 (part), 1991)

11.24.020 Standard specification including supplementary standards—Adopted.

All improvements within the public right-of-way relating to street trees and landscaping shall conform to the applicable standards of design and materials which are set forth in a pamphlet entitled “Standards and Specifications Guide” adopted by the council on April 9, 1991, by Resolution No. 91-14 and are incorporated herein by reference. Three copies of each of the pamphlet and the book have been filed prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk, City Hall, in accordance with Section 1161 of the Business and Professions Code of the state; the city clerk shall continue to maintain three copies each of the pamphlet and the book for use and examination by the public; and the pamphlet and book are adopted by reference as the standards for the design, maintenance, and construction of improvements relating to landscaping within the city. (Ord. 91-5 § 2 (part), 1991)

11.24.030 Expense of property owner.

All costs of planning, engineering, surveying, construction and inspection (including the reasonable costs of city inspection), of improvements in connection with this title shall be at the expense of the property owner except as otherwise provided herein. (Ord. 91-5 § 2 (part), 1991)

11.24.040 Welfare of safety improvements.

If the council determines by resolution that any improvements required of the property owner under this chapter, is required in whole or in part for the purpose of public safety or welfare of the local neighborhood or the general community, the council may undertake such portion of the expenses of such improvement as it may determine to have an equitable relation to such purposes, or reimburse the property owner therefor, pursuant to a contract so providing. (Ord. 91-5 § 2 (part), 1991)