2000-63 AMENDING CITY CODE AMENDING AND DELETING REFERENCES TO PUBLIC WORKS

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39. PARKING METER ZONES. Parking meter zones are hereby established upon the streets of the City, upon the municipal parking lots operated by the City and other City parking facilities as defined and designated by ordinance. Parking meters shall be installed in said zones under the direction of the Director of Engineering and Infrastructure alongside of or next to individual parking spaces designed and marked upon the pavement or parking area. Section 3. That Section 1 of Chapter 36 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, modified and amended, so that said Section 1, as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 1. TREES, SHRUBS, AND GROUND COVERS ON CITY PROPERTY. No trees, shrubs, or ground covers may be planted, removed or pruned on City property, including streets and rights-of-way, unless a permit therefor is obtained from the City Forester. Conditions for issuance of permits by the City Forester shall be included in the Arboricultural Specifications Manual, as adopted and amended by the Department of Engineering and Infrastructure and on file with the City Clerk. The issuance of this permit shall not grant any property rights to the holder of the permit and all property shall remain the property of the City of Decatur. Any work related to trees on city property will be in accordance with the aforementioned Arboricultural Specifications Manual. Section 4. That Section 4 of Chapter 38 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, modified and amended, so that said Section 4, as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 4. RULES AND REGULATIONS. The Director of Engineering and Infrastructure is hereby authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations not in conflict with the provisions hereof for the administration and enforcement of this Chapter. Section 5. That Sections l, 2, 8 and 13 of Chapter 39 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same are hereby, modified and amended, so that said Sections 1, 2, 8 and 13, as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 1. PERMIT REQUIRED - TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT. No person, firm or corporation shall use any space underneath the surface of any street or other public ground or construct or maintain any structure thereunder without first obtaining a permit so to do from the City, issued by the Director of Engineering and Infrastructure. No permit or any right or privilege thereunder shall be transferred or assigned except upon consent of the said officer. Such permits are personal to the permittee and do not run with the land, and do not create any right,title or interest in the public ground so occupied.