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COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM 302
Consent
Informational X
Public Hearing
Regular
April 26~ 2004
Meeting
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Mgr. / Dept.
Authorization
REQUEST:
The Community Development Department requests the City Commission consider information
about the amount of arbor permits issued by the city before and after the new arbor ordinance
went into effect October 2003.
PURPOSE:
The purpose ofthis agenda item is to provide statistics on arbor permits issued by the city as
requested by Commissioner McGinnis at commission meeting on April 12, 2004.
CONSIDERATIONS:
On October 13,2003, the City Commission passed Arbor Ordinance 2003-22. Section 5-4 (e) of
the ordinance requires that a city license be issued for contractors removing or pruning trees in
the city. Commissioner McGinnis requested data to evaluate if the ordinance has had a positive
or negative impact on the issuance of arbor permits in the city. Data has been collected from
January 2003 through March 2004 as provided in the table below.
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Number of Arbor Permits Issued
JAN 2003- OCT 2003
JAN 66
FEB 59
MAR 74
APR 71
MAY 101
JUN 73
JUL 77
AUG 92
SEP 81
OCT 135
NOV 2003- DEC 2003
JAN 2004- MAR 2004
NOV
DEC
59
120
JAN
FEB
MAR
87
101
134
TOTAL ARBOR LICENSES ISSUED SINCE ORDINANCE - 36. FEES
COLLECTED $1,368.00
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
The data gathered shows an increase in the amount of permits being issued since the arbor
ordinance was instituted. What is significant is that since the ordinance was approved the
city has licensed 36 contractors inside and outside the city limits.
COMMISSION ACTION:
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