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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article XIII Trees, Chapter 483 - Care and Maintenance, by adding a new section, § 483.05, entitled, “Hazardous Trees in Public Areas,” and renumbering subsequent sections, and also amending Chapter 487 - Pittsburgh Shade Tree Commission, § 487.06 “Powers and Duties of Commission” by requiring additional information on the annual report.
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article XIII Trees, Chapter 483 - Care and Maintenance, is hereby amended and supplemented, as follows:
TITLE FOUR - PUBLIC PLACES AND PROPERTY
ARTICLE XIII: TREES
CHAPTER 483 CARE AND MAINTENANCE
§ 483.05 HAZARDOUS TREES IN PUBLIC AREAS
a) Trees in public areas, which, in the opinion of the Department of Public Works, are seriously damaged, diseased, disfigured or constitute a hazard to the public or to trees on private property, may be removed or pruned by the Department or designated contractor. Trees in public areas include all trees on City of Pittsburgh property, and on rights of way beside sidewalks and roadways.
b) Prior to tree removals from public property or rights-of-way, notice shall be provided to the primary property owner immediately adjacent to the tree(s) to be removed and to the immediately adjacent and/or abutting property owner(s) to the primary property owners. Such notice shall include an Appeal Application Form Package to include the requisite documentation detailed in paragraph (c) below. Additionally, a poster will be posted on each tree itself advertising the pending removal, and including the specific reason for the tree's pending removal.
c) The Appeal Application Form Package shall include an Appeal Application Form, a Tree Planting Request Form, and a Request for Permit - Tree Planting Form. The addresses for appealing to...
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