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• • EYERETT ORDINANCE NO. 1948-93 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Management of Trees on City-owned Property and Right-Of-Way and repealing Ordinance No. 651-79 and Ordinance No. 358-75 SECTION l: SHORT TITLE. This ordinance may be referred to as the "City of Everett Public Tree Management Ordinance." SECTION 2: PURPOSE AND INTENT. This ordinance establishes policies, regulations and standards relevant to the management of trees on City-owned public property and right-of-way necessary to ensure that the City will continue to realize the benefit provided by its urban forest. The provisions of this ordinance are enacted to accomplish: A. The establishment and implementation of a tree management program to provide maintenance and preservation of existing public trees and an orderly program of tree planting for the future; B. The creation of guidelines for locations for tree plantings, recommendations of tree species to be planted, establishment of maintenance classes and guidelines, and the identification of trees to be removed in consultation with the Parks Board of Commissioners, Planning Commission, Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks Department), Planning and Community Development Department (Planning Department) and Public Works Department; C. The recognition by the Parks Department and the Planning Department of the interrelationship of their responsibility relative to trees located on City-owned public property and right-of-way; D. The recognition by the City of the Planning Commission's and Parks Commission's mutual responsibility relative to the review of policies and regulations concerning trees on City-owned public property and right-of-way; E. Nothing in this ordinance shall infringe, alter, or in any way change the responsibilities of the Planning Department concerning trees relative to planning for the urban design of the City, nor shall anything in this ordinance infringe alter, or in any way change the responsibilities of the Parks Department relative to the management and maintenance of trees on City-owned public property and right-of-way; F. The Planning Department as staff to the Planning Commission and the Parks Department shall coordinate their efforts to insure that both Commissions and Departments are informed relative to issues concerning trees on City-owned public property and right-of-way including tree plantings, tree management and tree maintenance; and G. No regulation or policy which affects trees on City-owned public property or right-of-way shall be adopted by the City until first reviewed by both the Parks Commission and Planning Commission. 1