Exhibit C - Site Permits and Licenses.docx

Exhibit C – Site Permits Maywood Property Permit

City of Sheboygan Tree Removal License

All contractors and subcontractors removing trees in the City limits of Sheboygan need a tree removal license. The fee is $35 and the annual permits are issued by the city clerks office.

In order to start working on January 1, 2021 a contractor must have the application to the clerks office by December 16, 2020.

If they don’t make that date then they would be able to start working on January 5, 2021 if their application was received by December 30, 2020.

Tree Removal License Details

DIVISION 5. - COMMERCIAL OPERATOR'S LICENSE[3]

Footnotes:

--- (3) --- Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 30.

Sec. 126-156. - Required.

No person for compensation shall plant, prune, trim, spray or remove any tree or shrub in the city without first obtaining a license from the city.

(Code 1975, § 39-79) Sec. 126-157. - Application.

Any person desiring to obtain a license required by this division shall make application in the office of the city clerk. The city clerk shall refer the application to the superintendent of parks who shall determine the eligibility of the applicant pursuant to the provisions of this division. Upon determination that the applicant is eligible, the superintendent of parks shall inform the city clerk's office thereof and the city clerk shall refer the application to the common council for approval. No approval by any committee of the common council shall be necessary.

(Code 1975, § 39-80; Ord. No. 5-01-02, § 1, 6-4-01) Sec. 126-158. - Fee.

Each application for a license required by this division shall be accompanied with a receipt from the city finance director/treasurer showing the payment of the following fees:

(1) Landscaping license, $35.00.

(2) Tree removal license, $35.00.

(Code 1975, § 39-81; Ord. No. 19-01-02, § 7, 8-6-01) Sec. 126-159. - Scope of services.

A landscaping license entitles the holder thereof to perform any or all of the following services in accordance with all applicable local and state requirements, after a building permit is issued where necessary:

(1) Planting, pruning, trimming, seeding, sodding and removing trees and shrubs and other plant material.

(2) Construction of fences, if first licensed by the building inspection department of the City of Sheboygan as a building component installer.

(3) Construction of retaining walls not being structural components of a building, used for landscaping purposes only, and not including masonry construction.

(4) Construction of arbors and trellises.

(5) Commercial spraying of lawns, trees and shrubs with pesticides which require the applicator to be licensed by the state department of agriculture.

(6) Lawn maintenance.

(Code 1975, § 39-81.1; Ord. No. 99-00-01, § 1, 6-4-01) Sec. 126-160. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Section 2 of Ord. No. 5-01-02, enacted on June 4, 2001, repealed section 126-160 in its entirety. The former section 126-160 pertained to the referral to committee and derived from section 39-82 of the Code of 1975.

Sec. 126-161. - Qualifications of applicant.

Each applicant for a license required by this division shall have been trained in the care and culture of trees and shrubs, shall have had sufficient practical experience in such vocation, and each person applying shall be at least 18 years of age. Each applicant shall agree to comply with the following conditions:

(1) He shall obey all ordinances and rules and regulations relative to the purpose for which a permit is granted.

(2) He shall obtain the necessary permission from the department of engineering and public works where it becomes necessary to erect barriers to prevent accidents or dangers in consequence of the granting of the permit.

(3) He agrees to hold the city harmless for any accident or on account of any liability arising from the granting of this permit.

(Code 1975, § 39-83) Sec. 126-162. - Insurance.

Every applicant for license under this division shall, before obtaining the license or any renewal of a license, be required to maintain at all times, in a stock or mutual casualty company authorized to do business in the state, worker's compensation insurance, if required by law, and public liability insurance with coverage of not less than $50,000.00 for each person and not less than $100,000.00 for any one accident and property damage liability insurance coverage of not less than $25,000.00. Before a license can be issued, the applicant shall file with the department of engineering and public works a certificate signed by a qualified agent of the stock or mutual casualty insurance company stating that a policy has been issued to the licensee for employees' liability insurance or worker's compensation insurance where necessary, public liability insurance, property damage insurance, the minimum limits of each, the policy number, the name of the company, the effective date of such policy, the expiration date of such policy, together with a statement and a copy of an endorsement placed on such policy requiring ten days' written notice to the department of engineering and public works if it becomes necessary to cancel the policy for any reason.

(Code 1975, § 39-84) Sec. 126-163. - Expiration; renewal.

All licenses issued under this division shall expire on December 31 in the year issued and may be annually renewed upon payment of $25.00 for a landscaping license and $25.00 for a tree removal license.

(Code 1975, § 39-85; Ord. No. 19-01-02, § 8, 8-6-01) image1.emf