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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Natural Resources - Notice Required Before Removal of Trees on City Streets
FOR the purpose of clarifying that no person or City agency may remove a tree from a City street without providing notice; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally related to the removal of trees from City streets.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendment
Article 7 - Natural resources
Section(s) 53-5
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 7. Natural Resources
Subtitle 53. Trees along City Streets, etc.
ยงย 535. Public notice of tree removal.
(a) Notice required.
[The Department of Recreation and Parks and the Department of Public Works shall] UNLESS NOTICE IS GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, NO CITY AGENCY MAY:
(1) [not] remove or destroy a tree along one of the streets, lanes, alleys, or other
public ways in this City; or
(2) PERMIT ANY PERSON TO REMOVE OR DESTROY A TREE ALONG ONE OF THE STREETS, LANES, ALLEYS, OR OTHER PUBLIC WAYS IN THIS CITY[, unless notice of the intended removal or destruction is given].
(b) Form and cont...
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