HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Section 24, Chapter 30 Municipal Code of the City of South Bend Ordinance No. 3423, Section 21ORDINANCE No. 4419 - - -61
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
NOVEMBER 27, 19 61
Clerk
of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
NOVEMBER 28, 61
Clerk
Approved and signed by me NOVEMBER 28, ,961
IDEAL PRESS
ORDINANCE NO. ?
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 24, OF CHAPTER 30, OF
ORDINANCE NO. 3709, APPROVED JULY 12, 1949, COMMONLY
KNOWN" AS "MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, 1949 ", ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE NO. 3423,
SECTION 21.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana:
SECTION I. That Section 24, of Chapter 30, of Ordinance No. 3709,
approved July 12, 1949, and commonly known as the
"Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, 1949 ",
also known as Ordinance No. 3423, Section 21, be and
the same hereby is amended to read as follows:
SECTION 24. Arborists to obtain license; application; approval of
board; license fee; period of validity; revocation.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the
business of planting, removing, trimming or spraying trees or shrubs within
the corporate limits of the city without first obtaining an annual license, auth-
orizing such person, firm or corporation to engage in such business. Each
applicant for such a license shall procure from the City Controller an applica-
tion for such license. No license shall be issued by the City Controller until
the above mentioned application has been approved by the board and such
approval will not be granted unless the board is satisfied of the competency of
the applicant to engage in such business. Before a license is issued the appli-
cant shall be required to file with the City Controller a Certificate of Insurance
as proof that the licensee is carrying public liability insurance in an amount of
not less than $25, 000. 00 for each person, $50, 000. 00 each accident, and
property damage insurance in an amount of not less than $5, 000. 00 for each
accident. Such proof of insurance to be filed each year before an annual
license is granted. Insurance shall expire at the end of each year.
Upon recommendation of the board and proof of insurance the City Con-
troller shall issue a license to such arborist upon payment of the following
fees:
(a) For engaging in such business, the sum of Ten ($10. 00) Dollars
per year.
(b) For each vehicle used in conducting the business, the sum of
fifty ($. 50�) cents per year, for which numbered license plates shall
be issued.
Upon payment of the fee and the issuance of such license by the City
Controller, the applicant shall be entitled to conduct such business during
the calendar year within which the license is issued.
The licensed arborist shall be required to display the license plates
on each side of every vehicle used in such business in such manner as to
be plainly visible.
In the event of any violation of the provisions of this Code or any other
ordinance of the City, the law of the state pertaining to the planting, removal
or maintenance of trees or shrubs in the city or any of the rules of the board
which may be adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, by
any such licenses arborist, the City Controller may, upon evidence being
presented by the Department of Public Parks, revoke any license issued
hereunder.
able.
No license issued under the provisions of this Section shall be transfer-
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage by the Common Council, its approval by
the Mayor and the fulfillment of all statutory requirements.
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