City of Cocoa Beach. Citywide Tree Trimming. July 9, Presented by: Bob Torres Public Works Director

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1 City of Cocoa Beach Citywide Tree Trimming July 9, 2013 Presented by: Bob Torres Public Works Director

2 City Staff: Introduction Joe McGee Grounds Maintenance Supervisor City Engineer: John Adair, P.E. For Questions: Dana Sussmann Senior Forester Orlando District Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (407)

3 Why are we here? The City s Streets or Right of Ways have become overgrown with trees and vegetation, which are adversely affecting the health, safety, morals or public welfare. * *Ref: Cocoa Beach, Florida, Code of Ordinances, Sec

4 Purpose of Design Standards - City Charge - To promote the public health, safety and general welfare. Land development (parcels) shall be connected to the City street system by dedicated roadways and bridges to provide access for police, fire emergency and utility service vehicles. Streets shall be constructed to City standards.

5 City Code Section States in Part The existence of debris, rubbish, trash, tin cans, papers, garbage, stagnant water, and similar deposits and filth; unlicensed motor vehicles or junked motor vehicles exposed to weather or motor vehicles not in operating condition exposed to weather; deteriorated building materials exposed to weather; holes or depressions in which water from time to time collects or which tend to create a breeding area or harboring area for rodents, wild animals, mosquitoes, and other pests and insects; a wild intermixed or untended or dense wild growth or wild noxious or poisonous growth of trees, plants, vines, weeds, or underbrush or weeds or grass exceeding twelve (12) inches in height; dead limbs or portions of trees exceeding two (2) inches in diameter at their base which, because of their location, constitute a hazard to adjoining property, or overhead utilities on adjoining property, or public thoroughfares; or any of such conditions on any lot, tract or parcel of land within the city, adversely affects the health, safety, morals or public welfare of the public and is hereby prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance, and any owner, lessee, custodian or occupant of any lot, tract or parcel of land in the city who permits such nuisance to develop or continue thereon shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished according to law; and each day of violation hereunder shall constitute a separate offense; provided, however, that five (5) days' written notice of the violation from the city manager or his designee to the owner, lessee, custodian or occupant, any or all of them, intended to be charged with a violation hereof, shall be given before any offense be charged hereunder, and if the condition or conditions set forth in the notice be corrected before charge is made, no offense shall be charged against the owner, lessee, custodian or occupant; however, should the condition or conditions set forth in the notice be corrected within five (5) days and subsequently reoccur within a one-year period, then an offense may be charged immediately in accordance with the law. For purpose of enforcement of this section, it shall be prima facie evidence that a motor vehicle or junked motor vehicle is unlicensed if such motor vehicle does not display current and/or valid registration tags or plates as required, in both location and type, by the jurisdiction authorized to issue such registration.

6 EXHIBIT 2-1: DESIGN VEHICLE DIMENSIONS (EXCERPT FROM AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS (AASHTO) GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS AND STREETS 2004)

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30 The Plan The City s Public Works Department will be trimming trees and vegetation within the City s Right of Ways on a citywide basis per the City s established Design Standards. Per the Design Standards, trees and vegetation will be trimmed to the following standards: Vertical requirement Horizontal requirement - (based on clear recovery zone) 6-10

31 City staff has inspected the overhanging tree limbs and vegetation within the Right of Ways throughout the City and has prepared an inventory. Work will proceed on a worst first basis and City staff will schedule work in zones (ie. Minutemen Causeway south, between Minutemen Causeway and Cocoa Isles Blvd., etc.) Advance notification of work within a work zone will be provided via CBNN and at City Commission Meetings.

32 City staff has the equipment and knowledge necessary to properly trim trees and vegetation on a routine basis. In addition, City staff acquires on going training. October 29, Grounds Maintenance Supervisor and Public Works Director attended Urban Forestry Meeting in Ocala on tree trimming. January 29, 2013 Field visit by Ms. Dana Sussmann, Senior Forester, Florida Forest Service, that included a tour of City streets. Proper Pruning Techniques, Brevard County, May 31, 2013.

33 Residents wishing to trim the trees fronting their lot shall hire a licensed tree service company to ensure safety and proper tree trimming practices and shall notify the Public Works or by PublicWorks@cityofcocoabeach.com, that their trees will be trimmed in advance of City staff trimming in that area.

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