Ordinance No. 0639 03-07-1977���
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ORDINANCE N0. 639
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 104 OF THE FRIDLEY CITY CODE ENTITLED
TREE DISEASES BY ADDING SECTIONS 104.12, 104.13 AND 104.14, AND
AMENDING CHAPTER 11, SECTION 11.10 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING T� FEES
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 104.12 License Required. It shall be unlawful for any individual,
partnership or corporation to conduct as a business the cutting,
trimming, pruning, removal, spraying or otherwise treating of
trees, shrubs or vines in the City withaut first having secured
a license from the City to conduct such business.
SECTION 104.13 License Requirements.
a. Application. Application for a license under this ordinance
shall be made at the office of the City Clerk of the City.
b. Application Form. The application for a license shall be made
on a form approved by the City which shows, among other things,
the name and address of the applicant, the number and names of the
employees of the applicant, the number of vehicles of applicant,
together with a description and license number of each, and the
type of equipment proposed to be used.
c. Liabilit Insurance. No license or renewal shall be granted,
nor shal the same be effective, until the applicant shall file
with the City Clerk proof of a public liability insurance policy
covering all operations of such applicant under this ordinance
for the sum of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
against liability for bodily injuries or death for each person, '
for the sum of at least three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)
against liability for bodily injuries or death to more than one
person from one accident and for at least fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) against liability for damage or destruction of property.
The City shall be named and the insurance provided shall include
the City as an additional party insured. Said policy shall provide
that it may not be cancelled by the insurer except after ten (10),
days' written notice to the City, and if such insurance is so
cancelled and licensee shall fail to replace the same with another —
policy conforming to the provisions of this ordinance said license
shall 6e automatically suspended until such insurance shall have
been replaced.
d. Workmen's Compensation Insurance. Each license applicant shall
file with the City Clerk a Certificate of Insurance of Workers'
Compensation when such insurance is required by State Statute.
e. Chemical Treatment Requirements. Applicants who propose to
use chemical substances in any activity related to treatment or �
disease control of trees, shrubs or vines shall file with the City
Clerk proof that the applicant or an employee of the applicant ad-
ministering such treatment has 6een certified by the Agronomy Div-
ision of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture as a"commercial
pesticied applicator". Such certification shall include knowledge
of tree disease chemical treatment.
SECTION 104.14 Penalt-y. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, �
upon conviction, be fined not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300).
Chapter 11 of the Fridley Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 11.10 Fees. The annual license fee shall 6e the sum of twenty-five dollars
25) with the license year being from May 1 to April 31 of each
year.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 7TH DAY OF
MARCH, 1977.
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CITY C�RK - MARVIN C. BRUNSELL
First Reading: February 28, 1977
Second Reading: March 7, 1977
Publish.......: March 17, 1977
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MAYOR - WILLIAM J. NEE
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