[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of New Rochelle 10-4-1977 by Ord.
No. 261-1977.[1] Section 303-3 amended and § 303-5 added at time
of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions. Other amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Trees and shrubs generally — See Ch. 301.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership,
firm, association or corporation to engage in the business of cutting,
trimming, pruning, removing, spraying or otherwise treating trees
in any manner whatsoever within the corporate limits of the City without
first obtaining a license from the City Clerk.
The Clerk shall not issue a license for work
until the applicant shall submit and file a duly sworn to application
in form authorized and furnished by the City Clerk, which application
shall contain the name and address of the applicant, if an individual;
the names and addresses of the partners or associates, if a partnership,
firm or association; the names of the officers and addresses, if a
corporation, and shall file with the City Clerk an appropriate certificate
of an insurance company licensed to do business in the State of New
York certifying that it has duly issued a policy or policies of insurance
insuring the applicant against liability for damages arising from
personal injuries, including death, sustained as a result of the aforesaid
tree work in the amount of $100,000 for each person and $300,000 for
each accident and against property damage liability in an amount of
$25,000 for each person and an amount of $50,000 for each accident
during the policy period, and that the applicant is duly insured to
cover liability prescribed by the Workers' Compensation Law of the
State of New York. Said insurance company shall furnish the City Clerk
with a thirty-day notice in writing of any termination and expiration
of said insurance. If it shall at any time thereafter appear that
said applicant has not appropriately reinstated, extended or renewed
said insurance, then any license issued hereunder shall be automatically
canceled without notice to anyone and may not be renewed without payment
of a new license fee.
[Amended 11-22-1983 by Ord. No. 264-1983[1]]
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to the business of a landscape gardener hired on a seasonal basis,
which business includes tree trimming or pruning incidental to the
gardening services performed.
