Chapter 2.36
FORESTRY BOARD

Sections:

2.36.010    Created – Composition – Terms – Officers.

2.36.020    Meetings – Records – Rules of procedure.

2.36.030    Powers and duties.

2.36.040    Appeals.

Cross reference(s) – Officers and employees, Chapter 2.08 GJMC.

2.36.010 Created – Composition – Terms – Officers.

(a)    There is hereby created a board to be known as the Forestry Board. The Board shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the City Council. The Board shall include five persons selected from the following categories: professional arborist, nursery professional, landscape designer, pesticide applicator, otherwise trained or certified in a plant health industry and include a representative of the State Forest Service if possible. The other two members of the Board may be lay persons. A chairperson and a vice-chairperson shall be elected each year and vacancies owing to death or resignation shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.

(b)    The City Manager or his designated representative shall be the Secretary of the Forestry Board.

(Ord. 5077, 6-15-22; Ord. 4694, 4-20-16; Ord. 4164, 1-16-08. Code 1994 § 40-26; Code 1965 § 20-68)

2.36.020 Meetings – Records – Rules of procedure.

The members of the Forestry Board shall meet as required, the time and place thereof to be determined by such Board. Minutes shall be maintained of all meetings, and the Board shall adopt rules for its own organization and procedures.

(Code 1994 § 40-27; Code 1965 § 20-69)

2.36.030 Powers and duties.

The Forestry Board shall act as a reviewing body for the purpose of determining professional qualifications and competence to engage in the business of cutting, trimming, pruning, spraying or removing trees by giving written, oral and practical license examinations. The Board shall recommend to the City Council adoption of rules and regulations pertaining to the tree service business in the City, and it may hear complaints from any citizen of the City, including any of its own members, relating to a tree service business. Upon receipt of a complaint and after informing the licensee of the complaint and giving the licensee a chance to be heard, the Board may suspend a tree service license for up to 60 days or may revoke such license.

(Code 1994 § 40-28; Code 1965 § 20-70)

Cross reference – License for cutting, pruning, removing, trimming or spraying of trees, GJMC 8.32.110.

2.36.040 Appeals.

(a)    Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the City Manager may appeal such decision or order to the Forestry Board. Such appeal must be perfected within 10 days from the date of the order. It shall be lodged in writing with the secretary of such Board, and shall state the grounds for the appeal. Such appeal shall operate as a stay of the order unless the City Manager certifies that a stay would cause imminent hazard to trees and/or other landscape plantings within the City.

(b)    Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the Forestry Board may appeal such decision or order to the City Council. Such appeal shall be lodged with the City Clerk within 10 days from the date of the order or decision and shall be in writing stating grounds of appeal. The City Council shall hear such appeal at any subsequent meeting and may modify, reverse or affirm such decision or order of the Forestry Board.

(Amended during 2009 recodification; Code 1994 § 40-29; Code 1965 § 20-71)