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• • • on public property without authorization from the City Forester. Topping can be defined as severe cutting back of a branch to a stub. 1007.15 PROTECTION QE TREES All trees on any street or other publicly owned property near any excavation or construction of any building, structure or street work, shall be guarded with a good substantial fence, frame, or box not less than four (4) feet high and eight (8) feet square, or at a distance in feet from the tree equal to the diameter of the trunk in inches D.B.H., which ever is greater, and all building material, dirt, or other debris shall be kept outside the barrier. No person shall excavate any ditches, tunnels, trenches, or lay any drive within a radius of ten (10) feet from any public tree without first obtaining a written permit from the Municipal Arborist. All builders in new housing projects shall submit a tree protection plan to the City to be reviewed as part of their normal building permit procedure. This plan must be approved by the City Forester or Assistant in accordance with the standards and specifications for tree care section of this Ordinance, and physical barriers installed before any construction of said building or house proceeds. The tree protection plan much cover all areas of preventing construction damage including the designation of utility alleys, cut and fill areas, tree felling, tree wounding, tree protection zones, and disease control, and any other areas thought to be necessary by the City Forester. No person shall deposit, place, store, or maintain upon any public place of the municipality, any stone, brick, sand, concrete, or other materials which may impede the free passage of water, air, fertilizer to the roots of any tree growing therein, except by written permit of the Municipal Forester. All development subdivisions must submit a tree preservation plan in accordance with the City of Lino Lakes Tree Preservation Policy adopted by the City. All new building project sites must submit a tree preservation plan in accordance with the Tree Preservation Policy adopted by the City. 1007.16 VIOLATION AND PENALTY Any person violating any provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 1007.17 LEGALITY Qf ORDINANCE AND PARTS THEREOF Should any section, clause, or provisions of this Ordinance be declared by the Courts to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole, or parts thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid. Page 7