HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 2019-2466 Tree PreservationORDINANCE NO. 2019 — 2466
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AMENDING CHAPTER 13.18 OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING TREE PRESERVATION OF CITY -OWNED TREES AND PARKWAY
LANDSCAPING AS THE CITYS URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, this ordinance furthers Policy Goal OS-4 of the City's General Plan
that strives to maintain and promote "[a] healthy and thriving urban forest that serves as
an environmental, economic, and aesthetic resource"; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance furthers Policy OS-4.5 that seeks to "develop and
maintain standards for the preservation and maintenance of the tree canopy, including
pruning and trimming of street trees to allow for pedestrian and vehicular safety, while
maintaining aesthetic value"; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance also furthers Objective No.4(c) of the 2017-2022
Strategic Plan in that it improves City infrastructure, which for purposes of this ordinance,
represents the City's urban forest; and
WHEREAS, the City currently follows applicable standards of the International
Society of Arboriculture and the American National Standards Institute for tree
maintenance; and
WHEREAS, recognizing the need for a standardized, scientific approach, the City
specifically follows the Tree Care Industry Association's latest standards for tree
maintenance as described in the most current version of the American National Standards
Institute, ANSI A300, to develop consensus for an official American National Standard;
and
WHEREAS, adoption of this ordinance would further those maintenance standards
of the International Society of Arboriculture, the American National Standards Institute,
and the Tree Care Industry Association; and
WHEREAS, adoption of this ordinance is required pursuant to the terms of the
CalFire Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund — Urban and Community Forestry Program for
the National City Urban Forest Management Planning Project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Government Code of the
State of California, proceedings were duly initiated for the amendment of the National City
Municipal Code.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
National City does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 13.18 of the National City Municipal Code is hereby deleted
in its entirety and amended to read as follows:
TREE PRESERVATION OF CITY -OWNED TREES AND PARKWAY LANDSCAPING
Sections:
13.18.010
13.18.020
13.18.030
13.18.040
13.18.050
13.18.060
13.18.070
13.18.080
13.18.090
13.18.100
13.18.110
13.18.120
13.18.130
13.18.140
13.18.150
13.18.160
13.18.170
13.18.180
13.18.190
13.18.200
13.18.210
Purpose.
Generally.
Authority.
Definitions.
City Engineer, or designee.
Board oversight.
Urban Forestry Management Plan.
City tree inventory.
Species, cultivars, and varieties.
Maintenance and preservation.
Pruning and maintenance of city trees.
Landscaping required.
Nonconforming parkway uses.
Removal of city trees.
Protection of city trees.
Maintenance and shrubs and ground cover.
Approval required.
Nuisance abatement.
Violations and penalties.
Public utilities.
Severability.
Section 13.18.010. Purpose.
A. National City's urban forest provides a number of social and environmental
benefits, both tangible and intangible. A healthy urban forest can improve local air quality
and human health, as trees absorb carbon dioxide and other pollutants and replenish
oxygen. The biological diversity of wildlife and plant communities is enhanced by the
favorable conditions created by trees. Extensive tree canopies reduce the urban heat
island effect, thereby (1) reducing the amount of heat absorbed and the need for air
conditioning, thus reducing energy use and the emission of greenhouse gases, and (2)
making streets and sidewalks more pleasant places to walk and extending the life of street
paving. Also, a healthy urban forest can decrease wind speed, reduce the negative effects
of solar glare, reduce stormwater runoff, stabilize soils, and assist in improving water
quality.
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B. Other benefits of urban forests to city residents include: increased traffic
safety through the use of street trees; economic development through an improved
aesthetic image of the city; increased property values and additional revenue generated
by businesses, visitors and new residents attracted to the urban forest image of the city;
and improved overall quality of life.
Therefore, the purpose of this ordinance is also to:
C. Preserve and grow the city's canopy cover by protecting city trees and
expanding the protection of city trees on public property.
D. Safeguard the city's urban forest by providing for the regulation of the
protection, planting, maintenance, and removal of trees in the city.
E. Protect the visual and aesthetic character of the city.
F. Improve and enhance property values by conserving and adding to the
distinctive and unique aesthetic character of the many areas of the city.
G. Improve the quality of life for residents, visitors and wildlife.
H. Maintain and enhance the general health, safety and welfare of the city and
its residents by assisting in counteracting air pollution and in minimizing soil erosion and
other related environmental damage.
Protect and maintain healthy trees in the land use planning processes as
set forth in this Ordinance.
J. Establish procedures and practices for fulfilling the purposes of this
city tree and tree protection ordinance.
K. Supplement the city's policies and administrative procedures.
Section 13.18.020. Generally.
A. No landscaping, maintenance of landscaping, or construction may be done
by any person within any parkway of the city, or cause or permit the same to be done,
except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Section 13.18.030. Authority.
A. The City Manager, or designee, shall have the authority and jurisdiction to
regulate the management, maintenance, planting, care, and removal of certain trees
within the public right-of-way or on public property to ensure safety, protect the
environment, or to preserve or enhance the aesthetics of such public sites.
Section 13.18.040. Definitions.
A. "Approved tree species master list" means a listing of trees as approved by
the City Council that are deemed appropriate for planting on a city-wide basis, or in limited
areas as determined by the tree manager. This listing shall consider, as appropriate,
ultimate tree canopy and root growth; compatibility with nearby buildings, sidewalks, and
streets; shade canopy provided; and fire resistance. It shall also include a listing of
invasive or otherwise undesirable trees that the city has determined shall not be planted
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within the city by public or private parties as part of a development plan. The approved
tree species master list shall be maintained by the Tree Manager and shall be made
available to the public.
B. "ANSI Z133" is the professional arboriculture best management practices
developed under the American National Standards Institute and written by the Accredited
Standards Committee for safety in tree trimming operations.
C. "ANSI A30O" is the professional arboriculture best management practices
developed under the Tree Care Industry Association and written by the Accredited
Standards Committee for overall tree health management and maintenance.
D. "City" shall mean the City of National City.
E. "City Engineer, or designee" means, for purposes of this tree preservation
ordinance, the person in the Public Works Department who shall serve as the city's tree
resource and shall advise the City Manager and all departments on urban forestry
matters.
F. "City tree" means a tree within the city's public rights -of -way, parks, or other
public places and is maintained by the city.
G. "Dripline area" means the area from the trunk of a tree to the outermost
edge of the tree canopy.
H. "Emergency removal" means that a tree must be immediately removed due
to an imminent threat to persons or property due to structural defect, insect or disease,
or imminent failure, as determined by a qualified arborist.
"Excessive pruning" means removing more branches, stems, and roots than
necessary to accomplish the desired objective. Typical maintenance requires that no
more than twenty-five (25) percent of a tree's total number of major branches or canopy
volume be removed in a single year. Any maintenance that requires pruning in excess of
the twenty-five (25) percent threshold described this section can injure a tree and is
prohibited unless approved by the tree manager.
J. "Ground cover" means grass, turf, or perennial plants that normally grow in
a flat, horizontal manner so as to conceal, or with the purpose of concealing, the ground
surface, that do not normally exceed eight inches in height, and that will tolerate light
pedestrian traffic.
K. "Hazard" or "hazardous" means a tree, or part of a tree, that has been
assessed for risk and found to be very likely to fail and cause severe consequences by
causing injury, damage, or disruption.
L. "Injury" means any damage to a tree resulting from any activity, including
but not limited to excessive pruning, cutting, topping, trenching, excavating, altering the
grade, paving or compaction within the tree protection zone, including deliberate damage
such as vandalism.
M. "International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)" is a tree care industry (private
and public) membership association and credentialing program for the professional
practice of arboriculture.
N. "Landscaping" means the use of architectural and horticultural materials to
provide control of erosion, dust, weeds and accumulation of litter in a manner
complementary to the purpose of adding natural environmental quality to a premises.
Landscaping also includes trees, shrubs, ground covers and other planting materials
providing shade, visual screening, aesthetic enhancement, soil conservation, and
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reduction of fire hazards, reduction of harborages of rodents, reduction of vermin and
reduction of disease -bearing creatures.
O. "Landscaping maintenance" includes sufficient irrigation, fertilization,
pruning, trimming and training to keep plants in a healthy, vigorous condition. Removal of
dead materials, weeds and accumulated litter, rubble or other foreign substances is
required. Maintenance also includes re -seeding, replacement of dead plants and planting
where necessary to restore a landscaped area to the level of "coverage" required of a
new installation.
P. "Maintain" or "maintenance" means pruning, spraying, fertilizing, watering,
treating for disease or injury, or other similar acts which promote the growth, health,
safety, beauty, and the life of trees.
Q. "Maintenance plan" means a plan of maintenance adopted by the City
Council for Maintenance of city trees that incorporates ISA standards, ANZI A3OO, and
ANSI Z133 best management practices.
R. "Park" means and includes any park owned, operated, or maintained by the
city.
S. "Parkway" means that part of the public street right-of-way between the
curb, or edge of paved roadway where there is no curb, and the property line separating
the street right-of-way from abutting private property. Parkways are generally used for
public sidewalks, public utility poles, fire hydrants, street signs and other public facilities.
The remaining parkway area is generally "landscaped."
T. "Pruning" means the selective removal of plant parts to meet specific
Maintenance goals and objectives.
U. "Public nuisance" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section
18.44.160.
V. "Public places" means and includes all grounds, other than streets or parks,
owned by, leased to, or otherwise under the control of the city.
W. "Risk" is the combination of the likelihood of an event and the severity of the
potential consequences.
X. "Shrub" means any woody perennial plant commonly achieving a height of
Tess than ten feet in height at maturity and usually having multiple stems.
Y. "Street tree" means and includes any woody perennial plant typically having
a single trunk commonly achieving ten feet in height or greater at maturity and capable of
being pruned to develop a branch -free trunk at least nine feet in height and that is located
within city rights -of -way.
Z. "Topping" means the leader and branch stub cutting of a tree to a lower
height. "Topping" also means the reduction of tree size using internodal cuts without
regard to tree health or structural integrity.
AA. "Tree protection and preservation plan" means a plan that outlines
measures to protect and preserve trees on a project. This plan shall include requirements
for preconstruction; treatments during demolition and/or construction; establishment of a
tree protection zone; tree monitoring and inspection schedule.
BB. "Tree protection zone" means the area around a tree typically from five feet
beyond the drip line to the trunk, as determined by the City Engineer, or designee. No
soil disturbance or other activity is permitted within the tree protection zone unless
otherwise approved by the City Engineer, or designee.
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CC. "Urban forest" means the trees and shrubs that comprise the tree canopy in
the city's rights -of -way, streets, parks, and under the circumstances specified in this
ordinance, private property.
DD. "Urban forest management plan" means a plan that summarizes the
ordinances, policies and procedures as approved by the city that provide direction and
goals regarding the planting, maintenance, health care, protection of trees, and long-term
health of the urban forest.
EE. "Urban forest management program" means the ordinances, plans, policies
and procedures as approved by the city that provide direction and goals regarding the
planting, maintenance, care, and protection of trees.
Section 13.18.050. City Engineer, or Designee.
A. The City Engineer, in consultation with qualified tree specialist(s), as
necessary, shall serve as the city's tree resource and shall advise the City Manager and
all departments on urban forestry matters. The City Engineer, or designee, may plant,
remove, or regulate and control the planting or removal of all city trees planted within
the rights -of -way of any city street. The City Engineer, or designee, may formulate and
publish an approved tree species master list and maintenance plan subject to parks,
recreation, and senior citizens' advisory board approval. The City Engineer, or designee,
shall also serve as staff liaison to the parks, recreation, and senior citizens' advisory
board.
B. The City Engineer, or designee, shall make inspections of all parkway
landscaping. If any such inspection reveals that landscaping is not properly installed or
maintained, the City Engineer, or designee, shall cause written notice to be issued to the
property owner responsible for such work. The notice must include a description of the
required improvements and must set a reasonable time for compliance. Appeals may be
taken from such written notice by filing a written appeal with the parks, recreation, and
senior citizens' advisory board. After considering the evidence, the advisory board shall
decide the property owner's appeal and issue its order on the appeal. The property owner
may appeal the parks, recreation, and senior citizens' advisory board's decision to the
city council, whose decision on the matter shall be final.
C. If any work required by an "order to comply" is not satisfactorily completed
within the time specified therein, the city, or a subcontractor, may complete the necessary
work. The city may charge the cost of such work to the property owner. Such a charge, if
not timely paid in full by the property owner, in addition to other penalties, may be made
a lien against that property in accordance with the city's abatement procedure.
Section 13.18.060. Board oversight.
A. The parks, recreation, and senior citizens' advisory board shall review and
provide comments on city plans and policies related to urban forestry, including updates
to the various aspects of the city's Urban Forest Management Plan and, shall among
other things:
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1. Review and provide comments on a maintenance plan prior to
consideration by the City Council.
2. Review and provide comments on the approved tree species master
list before consideration by the city council.
3. Review and provide comments to the City Engineer, or designee, on
proposed city tree removals except in the case of emergency removals.
4. Review and provide comments to the City Engineer, or designee, on
proposed changes to the city's urban forest management plan and urban forest
management program.
Section 13.18.070. Urban Forest Management Plan.
A. The urban forest management plan provides the city with an evaluation of
the urban forest and its management, detailing recommendations for setting and
achieving goals, and informs the city's residents of these evaluations and goals. The
Urban Forest Management Plan provides a "road map" for managing the city's urban
forest. As an ever -changing ecosystem, the city's urban forest requires appropriate
management actions to optimize the benefits derived from it while meeting various city
safety and economic goals. Specifically, the urban forest management plan evaluates the
current condition of the city's urban forest, discusses its benefits, explores and addresses
public needs and concerns, establishes urban forest goals and objectives, and outlines a
set of actions to manage the urban forest and meet those goals.
Section 13.18.080. City Tree Inventory.
A. The city is to maintain a baseline tree inventory of all trees located within
the city's rights -of -way by updating tree information as needed. The inventory is to include
all street trees, stumps, and vacant sites located in street rights -of -way, medians, and city
facilities. The tree inventory will include global positioning system mapping of each
individual tree or vacant space. All collected data to be analyzed for species diversity,
overall health, age distribution, maintenance requirements, and environmental benefits.
Tree data to be used in the conjunction with urban forestry goals established in the urban
forest management plan.
Section 13.18.090. Species, Cultivars, and Varieties.
A. All trees to be planted in city rights -of -way, parks, or other public spaces
shall conform to approved tree palettes identified in adopted city and community master
plans, general plans, specific plans, and any maintenance plans, and as reflected in the
approved tree species master list contained in the urban forest management plan.
Exceptions may be granted subject to recommendation by the parks, recreation, and
senior citizens' advisory board and the review and approval of the City Engineer, or
designee. The initial approved tree species master list shall be reviewed and approved
by the city council. Minor revisions may be made by the City Engineer, or designee,
following review by the parks, recreation, and senior citizens' advisory board.
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Section 13.18.100. Maintenance and Preservation.
A. All city trees shall be maintained in accordance with the city's Urban Forest
Management Plan, which may be reviewed periodically by the parks, recreation, and
senior citizens' advisory board. The city shall consider the long-term sustainability of the
tree canopy in various areas of the city and proactively maintain or remove trees in a
manner that promotes the long term sustainability and enhancement of the city's urban
forest. The city will use the most current ISA standards and ANSI A300 best management
practices to protect, where practicable, existing trees from the impacts of development
and maintenance projects.
Section 13.18.110. Pruning and Maintenance of City Trees; Landscaping
Maintenance.
A. Trees located within public street parkways will be pruned by city forces, or
city subcontractors, and not by private property owners. Public utility companies may
prune such trees without written permission from the city, if the existence of
the tree creates a significant possibility that the continuation of safe, efficient and reliable
service to the customers being served may be impaired. Pruning of city trees must
conform to the pruning practices specified in ISA standards, ANZI A300, and ANSI Z133
best management practices. Topping of any city tree shall be prohibited as it is not an
acceptable pruning practice, unless authorized by the City Manager in writing after
consultation with the parks superintendent.
B. All woody and leaf materials resulting from the pruning operation must be
properly recycled consistent with Chapter 9.52.
C. Any person who wishes to plant, cut down, trim, prune, remove, or in any
way interfere with the natural growth of any city tree planted within any parkway,
city street rights -of -way, or on other city property, must receive written permission from
the City Engineer, or designee, before starting such work. The director is authorized to
require all, or any part of, approved work to be performed by or under the supervision of
city employees or subcontractors. The City Engineer, or designee, must provide advice
and consultation to aid in the elimination of any hazard, undesirable landscape effect, or
disease infestation where such action is beneficial to the overall street or block in which
the city tree is located. If the desired action by the applicant is refused, the applicant may
request a hearing before the parks, recreation, and senior citizens' advisory board for
further review.
D. Public utility companies may not remove a city tree without first obtaining
written permission to do so from the City Engineer, or designee.
E. Maintenance of shrubs and ground cover, as well as watering and fertilizing
city trees, does not require written permission from the City Engineer, or designee.
F. Adjoining property owners must adequately maintain the parkway area. All
landscaped parkways must be continuously maintained.
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Section 13.18.120. Landscaping Required.
A. Whenever sidewalks are required in conjunction with the issuance of any
building permit, parkway landscaping shall also be installed.
Section 13.18.130. Nonconforming Parkway Uses.
A. Parkways that are not landscaped shall be leveled to the grade of adjoining
sidewalks, or adjoining curbs where there are no sidewalks, and shall thereafter be
maintained free of weeds and accumulation of litter. Such work shall be the responsibility
of the adjoining property owner.
Section 13.18.140. Removal of City Trees.
A. No person shall remove any city tree without submitting a written tree
removal request to the City Engineer, or designee, and receiving written approval for such
removal from the City Engineer, or designee.
B. Any city tree removed shall have its stump removed to a depth at least
sixteen (16) inches below the adjacent ground level, or as determined by the City
Engineer, or designee. If appropriate as determined by the City Engineer, or designee,
a minimum of one replacement tree of a type, size, and location shall be planted.
Section 13.18.150. Protection of City Trees.
A. Every effort should be made to protect city trees during construction. If
construction activity, or the movement of equipment will take place within the dripline area
of any city tree, a fenced tree protection zone shall be established by the City Engineer,
or designee, except that the fenced area shall not include private property. No person
shall store any equipment, store any solid or liquid waste materials, or any other liquids
which may be injurious to a tree, nor excavate any ditches, tunnels, trenches or drive
within the tree protection zone. Should a construction project on private property involve
digging, excavating or trenching within the tree protection zone, a tree protection and
preservation plan must be prepared by the property owner and approved by the City
Engineer, or designee.
B. Tree protection and preservation plans shall use the most current ISA
standards and ANSI A3O0 best management practices to protect existing trees from the
impacts of development and maintenance projects.
C. No person shall place, or cause to be placed, any stone, cement, or other
substance that would impede the free entrance of water or air to the roots of any tree
planted along any street, or on other city -owned property. However, any substance
described in this Section may be installed if a radius of at least eighteen inches, measured
from the trunk of the tree outward, exists all around the trunk of such tree.
D. No person shall deface, mutilate or attach or place any rope, wire, sign,
poster, handbill or other thing to or on any city tree growing along any city street or public
place, or to cause any wire charged with electricity to come in contact with such tree.
Similarly, no person shall allow any brine, oil, liquid, dye, salt, or other substances
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injurious or harmful to plant life to lie, leak, flow, drip into or onto, or to come into contact
with, the city tree or the soil around the base of such tree.
E. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent a private property owner from
being able to develop their property.
Section 13.18.160. Maintenance of Shrubs and Ground Cover.
A. No person shall plant, or cause to be planted, any tree, shrub, or plant or
ground cover in the parkway, except as provided in this chapter. Grass, turf, or other
ground cover plantings may be planted in the parkway if such plantings are not allowed
to attach themselves to or ascend the trunk of any tree. Planting, cutting, mowing,
watering, fertilizing, and all other maintenance of grass, turf, or other ground cover in the
parkway must be performed by the adjacent property owner, subject to the restrictions in
this chapter.
Section 13.18.170. Approval Required.
A. Unless performed pursuant to a city maintenance plan, or as part of an
approved development, any work performed in the city's rights -of -way, parks, or other
public areas shall require the written approval of the City Engineer, or designee, before
committing any of the following acts:
1. Removing, cutting, pruning, breaking, injuring, defacing, or in any
other way interfering with any tree, or any part thereof, either above or below the ground.
2. Planting any tree or shrub not identified on the approved tree species
master tree or council -adopted maintenance plan.
3. Spraying, or otherwise applying, any chemical on any tree or shrub.
4. Securing any rope, wire, sign, or other device on or about such tree
or shrub.
5. Removing or injuring any guard or device intended to assist in the
growth and health of a tree or shrub.
6. Closing or obstructing the base or branch of a tree or shrub that may
limit the ability of the tree or shrub to grow or absorb water or nutrients.
B. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a property owner from maintaining the
parkway in front of the property owner's property as may be required by law.
Section 13.18.180. Nuisance Abatement.
A. The City Engineer, or designee, may declare any tree or shrub a public
nuisance, and provide notice of such nuisance, as set forth in Section 18.44.160.
B. In addition to Section 18.44.160, any tree or shrub located on a city parkway
neither planted with an approved permit, nor conforming to the approved tree species
master list (at the time of the planting) may also be considered a nuisance if, for example,
the species of tree is declared by the City Engineer to be invasive, or if the species of tree
poses a risk to the health and safety of residents. The public works department, or
subcontractor of the city, is authorized to abate, or cause to abate, any tree or shrub
described in this Section by trimming, pruning, cutting or removing such tree or shrub in
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its entirety. The public works department, or subcontractor of the city, is also authorized
to trim, prune, cut, or remove that portion of a tree or shrub described in this Section as
may be necessary to eliminate any interference, obstruction, or dangerous condition
caused by such tree or shrub.
Section 13.18.190. Violations and Penalties.
A. Violations of this chapter shall be punishable as prescribed in Section
1.36.160. Nothing in this section, or Section 1.36.160, shall limit the city's ability to seek
restitution for damage to city trees, or shrubs in accordance with valuation methodologies
as outlined by the Tree Care Industry Association, the International Society of
Arboriculture, the American National Standards Institute, or as outlined in the city's Urban
Forest Management Plan, or additional penalties as established by law in the State of
California.
Section 13.18.200. Public Utilities.
A. No species of trees or large shrubs shall be planted under overhead lines
or over underground utilities if its growth might interfere with the installation or
maintenance of any public utilities.
Section 13.18.210. Severability.
A. If any one portion or section of this ordinance shall be determined to be
invalid, the remaining portions or sections shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from the date of its
passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it or a summary
of it, shall be published once, with the names of the members of the City Council voting
for and against the same in the Star News, a newspaper of general circulation published
in the County of San Diego, California.
SECTION 3.
The City Council declares that the judicial invalidity of any subsection or portion of this
chapter shall not affect the validity of any other remaining section or portion; that the City
Council would have adopted each of those remaining portions, notwithstanding any later
declared invalidity. If any provision determined invalid under the preceding sentence can
either be judicially severed or interpreted in a way that could harmonize it with the
remaining provisions, then it may be severed or interpreted and applied so as to give full
purpose, meaning, and effect to the remaining provisions of this chapter.
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SECTION 4.
The proposed action is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality
Act ("CEQA") under Sections 15307-15308 because the ordinance is designed to protect
the City's natural resources and environment. This ordinance contains enforcement
procedures that allow the City to maintain and enhance City -owned trees and provides a
regulatory process to achieve these environmental goals.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 19th day of November, 2019.
ATTES
/j Michael R. Dalla, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Ai • :. Morris -Jones
ttorney
Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, Mayor
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Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
November 19, 2019 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
By:
Mayor of the City of National City, California
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was not finally adopted until seven
calendar days had elapsed between the day of its introduction and the day of its final
passage, to wit, on November 5, 2019 and on November 19, 2019.
I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said Ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or
that the reading of said Ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than
a majority of the members elected to the Council and that there was available for the
consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its
passage a written or printed copy of said Ordinance.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
ORDINANCE NO. 2019-2466 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed
and adopted by the Council of said City on November 19, 2019.
By:
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
Deputy