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ORDINANCE N0. $76
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATION AND
LIC T�NSING OF THOSE OFFERING THEIR SER-
VICES IN THE TRIMMING, YEMOVAL
OR TREATMENT OF TREES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Ames, Iowa:
SECTION 1 : Short Title . This ordiance shall be
known as the "tree surgeon" ordinance.
SECTION 2: Tree Surgeons Defined. The words "tree
surgeon as used herein shall mean any person, firm
or corporation, who solicits the work of felling
trees, or who cuts or trims any tree or limbs or
branches of any tree, or who offers services in the
diagnosis and treatment of diseases of any tree, for
a valuable consideration..
SECTION 3 : Annual License . Every tree surgeon shall
annually, before engaging in any service designated
in this ordinance, obtain a license from the City
Clerk and shall pay an annual license fee of $5.00.
The application for the license shall give inform-
ation testing the applicant' s qualifications for this
license and the nature of the equipment available.
If the information on the application discloses a
doubt as to the qualifications or equipment, the
Clerk shall refer the application to the City Manager,
who shall within 15 days report on the assertions in
the application. All licenses shall terminate on
December 31 of the year issued.
SECTION 4: Insurance Required. Before any such license
shall be issued, the applicant shall obtain and file
with the City Clerk a public liability insurance
policy, insuring against any loss that the City of
e<i Ames, or any person may sustain arising out of or in
connection with such services performed by such tree
surgeon. Such insurance coverage shall include not
less than j5, 000.00 property damage, $25,000.00 for
a single personal injury or death,- and with limits
of not less than "Y , 000.00 for multiple injuries or
death. This coverage shall be in addition to automo-
bile public liability insurance for any car or truck
operated by the licensee in his business . Such policy
shall obtain a provision that it may not be cancelled
except after 30 days notice to the City Clerk.
"'. SECTION 5: Penalties . Anyone violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be fined not to exceed one hundred ( %100.00) dollars,
or confined in ,jail for a term not exceeding y 30 days.
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SECTION 6 : Repeal. All ordinances or parts of ord-
inances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7 : This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as
provided by law.
Passed this lst day of October 1957.
Mayor
Cit
y Ulerk
September 3,
1957 Moved by Smith and seconded by Schilletter that Ordinance No. 876 be
passed on its first reading.
Voting Aye; Judge, Smith, De Hart, Bolton and Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Absent: Armstrong
Mayor Lawlor declared Ordinance No. 876 passed on its first
reading only.
October 1, 195
Moved by Smith and seconded by Schilletter that Ordinance No. 876 be passed
on its second reading.
Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Smith, De Hart and Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Absent: None
Moved by Armstrong and seconded by Judge that the rules governing the
passage of ordinances be suspended, the third reading be omitted and
Ordinance No. 876 be placed on its final passage.
Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Smith, De Hart and Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Absent: None
Moved by Schilletter and secondedby Smith that Ordinance No. 876 do now
pass.
Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Smith, De Hart and Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Absent: None
Mayor Lawlor declared Ordinance No. 876 duly adopted.
I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Am:s, Iowa, dohereby certify
that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 876 was duly and properly passed
ata meeting of the City Council on the 1st day of October, 1957 and
published in the Ames Daily Tribune on the 9th day of October, 1957.
Prather, CityClerk