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} ® D) The Tree Board shall hold regular meetings two times a year and may call special meetings if necessary to carry out its duties. E) It shall be the responsibility of the Tree Board to study, investigate, consult, develop, update annually, and administer a written plan for the care, preservation, pruning, planting or removal of trees in public areas. Such plans will be presented annually to the City Council and upon their acceptance and approval shall constitute the official comprehensive tree management plan. F) The Tree Board shall consult and advise with the Parks and Recreation Commission and Department, the Landscape Department, and all other Commissions and Departments requesting or having need of the Board's expertise. G) The Tree Board shall investigate available grants, loans, or contributions from other governmental agencies,public or private corporations or individuals. Section 4 Tree Planting, Maintenance and Removal. A) It is the public policy of the City of Batesville to maintain existing trees and to provide for and encourage the planting of new trees within Batesville to the greatest extent,possible. B) The City shall have the right_to plant, prune, maintain.and remove trees;plants • and shrubs within the public right-of-way of all streets, alleys, avenues, lanes, squares and public grounds, as may be necessary to insure public safety or to preserve and enhance the health of the trees and beauty of such public grounds. C) The City shall have the right to prune any tree or shrub on private property when it interferes with the proper spread of light along the street from a street light, or interferes with visibility of any traffic control device or sign or sight triangle at intersections. D) It shall be a violation of this ordinance to damage, destroy or mutilate any tree in a public right-of-way or on other public grounds, or attach or place any rope or wire, sign,poster,handbill or any other object to any such tree. E) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in accordance with Ordinance 2005-11-1, as amended from time to time. F) Trees shall not be planted to conceal a fire hydrant from the street or impede the line of sight on any street. G) It shall be unlawful for any person to top or cut back to stubs the crown of any O tree in street rights-of-way or on other public grounds without the advice and consent of the Tree Board.