ORDINANCE the preservation and maintenance of healthy City-owned trees is important to preserving Naples distinctive character and culture; and

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1 Agenda Item 15 Meeting of 05/17/2017 ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TREE PROTECTION; AMENDING CHAPTER 38, VEGETATION, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NAPLES, BY DELETING ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL, AND DELETING ARTICLE II. TREE PROTECTION AND REPLACING WITH A NEW ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL AND A NEW ARTICLE II. TREE PROTECTION; IN ORDER TO UPDATE AND STREGTHEN REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTION OF TREES, TO REMOVE OUTDATED REGULATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE METHODS OF ENFORCEMENT AND PENAL TIES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERANCE; PROVIDING A REPEALER PROVISION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF FEE ADJUSTMENTS; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, the City of Naples is endowed and forested by a wide variety of trees, which give the City a unique visual character and enhance property values; and the preservation and maintenance of healthy City-owned trees is important to preserving Naples distinctive character and culture; and the purpose and intent of this ordinance is to establish regulations governing the protection and management of protected trees and Cityowned trees and for the management of diseased trees; and in 2015, City Council requested the Community Services Advisory Board, serving as the City Tree Board, to review Chapter 38 of the Code of Ordinances and recommend revisions to Chapter 38 to better protect City-owned trees; and the Community Services Advisory Board, serving as the City Tree Board, unanimously endorsed the proposed amendments to Chapter 38 and Appendix A - Fees and Charges Schedule of the Code of Ordinances on March 14, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPLES, FLORIDA: Section 1. That Chapter 38, Vegetation, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Naples is hereby amended to read as follows (with underlining indicating additions and strikethroughs indicating deletions): 1

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