§ 408-12. Public tree care.

A. 

The City shall have the right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees, plants and shrubs overhanging or encroaching upon public rights-of-way or the lines of all streets, alleys, avenues, lanes, squares and public grounds as may be necessary to insure public safety or to preserve or enhance the symmetry and beauty of such public grounds.

B. 

The Community Forestry Working Group may remove, or cause or order to be removed, any tree or part thereof which is in an unsafe condition and which by reason of its condition constitutes a hazard to sewers, electric power lines, gaslines, waterlines or other public improvements or is infected with any injurious disease, fungus, insect or other pest and, as a result thereof, constitutes a threat to other trees within the City. This section does not prohibit the planting of street trees by adjacent property owners providing that the selection and location of said trees is in accordance with the Community Forestry and Public Lands Vegetation management plans of the City of North Wildwood.