6699 Tree Trimming LicensesCONSOLIDATED-SALIMA
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(illublished in the Salina Journal, 3kin-ne-h 1963)
ORDIN,:�.NCE NUMBER L
',N ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE T11I11,1MING AND TREATING OF TREES
AND SHRUBS IN THE CITY OF SiiLINii, KANSAS; PRESCRIBING RULES AND
REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR TILE LICENSING OF PERSCITS, PtiRTNERSHIPS,
ASSOCIATIONS, OR CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN TRIMMING AND TREATING OF
TREES A14D SHRUBS; DEFINI1,TL� AN PAN
G CERTIUDLIC OFFENSES D PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SALINA,
KANSAS:
Section 1. Definitions. The following terms are for the
purpose of this ordinance defined as follows:
(a) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
association of persons or corporation who engage in the
business or trade of trimming trees, shrubs, or treating
trees or shrubs for the control of 1,)osts.
(b) "Pest" means any fungus, insect, or rodent which by
its presence in or on a tree or shrub, may damage or destroy
said tree or shrub.
Section 2. Licensing. No person, partnership, association,
or corporation shall engage in the business or trade of trimming
trees or shrubs or treating trees or shrubs for the control of
posts within the city without first having obtained a license
therefor; said license shall be issued by the City Clerk only aft(
, -tngoverning body,
application therefor has been approved by the
o.nd shall exuire on the 31st day of December of the year for whicl
the same is issued.
Section 3. Application. A written application for the
trimming of trees or shrubs or treating of trees or shrubs shall
be filed with the City Clerk. Said application shall meet the
following requirements:
(a) Name, business address, and phone number of
applicant.
(b) Description of the e, -.tent of work intended to be
licensed.
(c) Compliance with the laws of the State of Kansas
relating to "Post Control Operators", where applicable.
(d) Filing of required bond and certificate of
liability insurance.
(c) Payment of the required license fee.
Section 4. License Fee. The City Clerk shall collect the
following license fees from applicants:
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(a) For the trimming of trees and shrubs ..... Ij
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(b) For the treating of trees and shrubs ..... $
(c) For the tripming and treating of trees
and shrubs .... $
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Section 5. Bonds and Liability Insurance. Each person who
makes application for a license or renewal thereof shall furnish
an acceptable surety bond and certificate of liability insurance
covering the work in which they are engaged, and upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set out. Said bond shall be executed
by the applicant as principal and by a solvent corporation
authorized to do business within the State of Kansas as surety
in the sum of Five -thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Said bond shall
be for the term of not to exceed one year and shall extend to
cover the licensing period; shall be to the City of Salina,
Kansas, for use and benefit of such persons as may suffer by
breach thereof; and shall be conditioned upon compliance by the
principal, his agents, servants, employees, with the provisions
of this ordinance. Said certificate of insurance shall show that
the applicant is covered by an effective liability insurance
policy issued by a solvent corporation authorized to do business
within the State of Kansas and shall be issued with minimum
limits of $25,000.00-$50,000.00 for bodily injury and $10,000.00
for property damage. Said bond and insurance policy shall riot be
cancelled or terminated until at least twenty (20) days after a
notice of cancellation of said bond or insurance policy is receiv-
ed by the City Clerk.
Section 6. Refusal to Grant or Revocation of License. The
governing body may at any time revoke a license or decline to
grant a license under the following circumstances:
(a) The licensee doing business as a Pest Control
Operator under the laws of the State of Kansas, has had his
Kansas license revoked; provided, said license, whore
applicable, shall be revoked only as to the treating of
trees and shrubs.
(b) Said licensee shall fail to furnish an acceptable
surety bond or an acceptable written certificate of public
liability insurance within twenty (20) days from the date
notice is received from the City of Salina, Kansas, that the
surety bond or insurance policy previously furnished by said
licensee is to be cancelled or terminated.
(c) The licensee or any employee, solicitor, agent, or
representative of said licensee has made any material
misrepresentations for the purpose of defrauding any member
of the public.
(d) The licensee or any employee, solicitor, agent, or
representative of said licensee has used any method or
material which is not suitable for the purpose for which it
is employed or provided, or has used any method or material
without respect to public health, safety, and welfare in
the treating of trees and shrubs. Revocation of license
shall be effected by giving, notice in writing posted not
less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date set for
revocation of said license and mailing said notice to the
licensee at his address as shown by the records of the city.
Section 7. License not Transferable. "IX license granted
hereunder shall not be transferable. Vv hen there is a change in
the business status of the licensee, the successor shall have
sixty (60) days within which to obtain a license as provided
by the terms and conditions of this ordinance; Provided, that in
the event of the death of an individual, his heirs or reprosenta-
tives shall be allowed sixty (60) days within which to obtain
a license and such additional times as may be granted by the city
for cause within its discretion.
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Section v.o1`lty. 17.' j ,. C?i; V 4 o�a r, 0 fd.7 C,
COi1"ly `:✓itl? anv Of t 10 i:7I^C?ViS 1C).; Of t liz Drdina1co x.',:1.1'1. 1)e
deemed guilty of ] I11SdC;1Ci :'IOr c ac11 e ).'r..tC viol - 0n O {,;:
Ordinal -Ice Shall be a SC1)arat(, miodemeanor -pun-lsl'able i.'y a --no
of not less than Five Dollars C "'5.00 ncr
sttorF�� than Ctie-.lutldred
Dollars ($100.00) or by imnri5orinteiltt :e cit jail for
period not t0 exceed si , (6 ) ilont:l- or by both 3uc'1 f -IL iic and
im_)risonment.
Sect_Dn 9, lI emntions. This ordinar.co s ? 1a. n ,t aI)i)J.y to
any peroorl working at 1115 own residence 02' ^:;t< lJ1iS tCd ;)lace of
business or tc roC;ularly employed vv, -Age 1�ilds of c�:.id ;)ersc l
P✓Orliln t11erCGn nCl' 3:1$1?_ it ap1)ly t0 1101dors of stl'oct franc1113G's
autl?Orized to trim tree3 of shrubs ti'_ercin. This ordlnai ce 511:'.11
110 t a?)1y to officials or em- loyees 0f the Federal, tate,
County, or Cite governments engaged 1n t io 17erf01'C?aI1CC Of t'G'ir
official duties.
Section 10. This ordinance ^haul_ become effective from.
-.,,._t. and
after its ad0`)t1on, 1^>^�, C,and publication in the Official city
7ewspa )Cr, q)rovided, )Ovlever, flat peY'GDnS e;.1giLC ed i 1 t1C
busineso or trade of trim?:lil"?I^," trees or ohrubs or tro_Lting tree3
or sllrubc within t1_1e City of SalimA at the tiric of tl-o 1)aj3Oage
of t:tiU ordinance shall have thirty (30) days from the date of
1)ublicatiorl of this ordinance to coil,ly with t'_le )rcvlsions
thereof.
Introduced this 26th day of I;Iarci?, 1963.
Passed by tie Com:,iscior, tnc- 2ind day of
:TTLST.
City Clerk
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