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PART III ARBORICULTURAL SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF PRACTICE I. ARBORICULTURAL SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF PRACTICE. The Municipal Forester shall have the authority to promulgate the rules and regulations of the Arboricultural Specifications and Standards of Practice governing the planting, maintenance, removal, fertilization, pruning, and bracing of trees on the streets or other public sites in the municipality. A. Policy. 1. All work on public trees shall comply with the "Municipal Tree Ordinance" of the Municipality of Lino Lakes, County of Anoka, State of Minnesota. 2 . The Arboricultural Specifications and Standards of Practice shall be adhered to at all times, but may be amended at any time that experience, new research, or laws indicate improved methods, or whenever circumstances make it advisable, with the approval of the Shade Tree Commission. 3 . The policy of the Department of Parks and Street Trees shall be one of cooperating with the public, property owners, other municipal departments, and appropriate not-for-profit organizations at all times. 4 . No trees shall be removed from public places unless they constitute a hazard to life or property, a public nuisance, or because a revision of planting plans necessitates. 5 . No trees shall be removed from private places in soil disturbance areas for new development and building permit ares without conforming to the Tree Preservation Section of these specifications and Standards of Practical Portions of the Shade Tree Ordinance. B. Species, Cultivars, or Varieties. 1. ' The Municipal Forester shall prepare lists of trees acceptable for planting in the public sites of the Municipality of Lino Lakes, County of Anoka, State of Minnesota. Undesirable trees shall not be recommended for general planting and their use, if any, shall be restricted to special locations where, because of certain characteristics of adaptability or landscape effect, they can be used to advantage. 2 . Only desirable, long-lived trees of good appearance, beauty, adaptability, and generally free from injurious insects or disease shall be planted in public sites. The Shade Tree Commission, in conjunction with the Municipal Forester, shall review at least once every two (2) years the species, cultivars, and varieties included on the approved list to determine if any should be removed for any reason or if certain new species, cultivars, or varieties of proven dependability and value should be added.