[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Russell Gardens 4-29-1932 by Ord. No. 6; amended
in its entirety 6-26-1979 by L.L. No. 11-1979. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-12-1983 by L.L. No. 4-1983]
A.
No person shall destroy any tree located in the Village
and owned by or under the control of the Village without first obtaining
a permit therefor from the Village.
B.
No person shall injure, damage, prune, trim or remove
any tree located in the Village and owned by or under the control
of the Village without written authorization from the Village.
[Amended 5-7-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
C.
No person shall affix or attach a sign to any tree
located in the Village and owned by or under the control of the Village.
D.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit
the affixing or attaching of numerical characters comprising the house
number of a single-family residence, to any tree located on the property
of such residence and owned by or under the control of the Village,
in a manner that will not injure, damage or destroy such tree, no
digit of which house number may exceed four inches by four inches
in size.
A.
No person shall injure or deface any building, fence,
lighting standard or other property, real or personal, belonging to
and/or under the control of the Village and/or the Russell Gardens
Association, Inc., or its successor.
B.
The Village may assess the costs of repairing a sidewalk
or other property of the Village against the property of the private
property owner who causes damage to an abutting sidewalk or other
property where such sidewalk or other property lies upon land in which
the property owner has an interest.
[Amended 5-7-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991; 10-4-2012 by L.L. No.
5-2012]
A.
Violations;
fines.
(1)
(2)
Each
tree cut down, removed or destroyed, and each tree the habitat of
which is substantially altered in violation of the provisions of this
chapter, shall constitute a separate violation.
(3)
In the
event that two or more trees are removed, destroyed or altered without
a permit, the maximum fines set forth above may be doubled for each
tree, even if such removal of trees did not take place on the same
day.
B.
In addition
to the above, any trees removed, destroyed or substantially altered
in violation of this chapter shall be replaced, at the cost and expense
of the person who removed, destroyed or altered the trees, with new
trees of a diameter and species approved by the Building Inspector.
Such person shall also, at its cost and expense, remove the stumps
of any trees that have been removed, destroyed or altered in violation
of this chapter.
