§ 2.104.070. Permitting of arborists.

A.

All individuals and firms conducting tree care and removal as a business shall be required to have a permit to engage in tree care and removal activities. Such permit shall be issued by the urban forester upon proof by the applicant that he or she, or a member of his or her firm with supervisory power over other employees, has successfully completed a test of tree knowledge given by the International Society of Arboriculture, and proof that he or she or his or her firm has a minimum of three hundred thousand dollars of liability insurance. Firms existing at the time the ordinance codified in this chapter is enacted may be waived from the testing requirement, provided they meet the requirement within two years of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

B.

The fee for the permit referred to in Section 2.104.070(A) of arborists shall be twenty-five dollars per year.

(Ord. BL2004-253 § 1, 2004; Amdt. 1 to Ord. 93-882, 3/15/94; Ord. 93-882 § 8, 1994)