RE: 333 Christopher St. Tree Removal

From: Dan Zinder

Sent: Wed Jun 17 08:03:39 2020

To: Gerald Fisher

Cc: Christie DeSantis; Sam Miller; Andy Peters

Subject: RE: 333 Christopher St. Tree Removal

Importance: Normal

Thanks Gerald,

We will work on citations today. Should we cite the owner as well?

Dan Zinder

503.759.0226

From: Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>

Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:12 PM

To: Dan Zinder <dzinder@cityofmolalla.com>

Cc: Christie DeSantis <cdesantis@cityofmolalla.com>; Sam Miller <smiller@cityofmolalla.com>; Andy Peters <apeters@cityofmolalla.com>

Subject: RE: 333 Christopher St. Tree Removal

Dan,

Code sections include 12.12 and 12.32 and falls under general penalty 1.04. This is separate from any damage to the City’s infrastructure.

1.04.010 Designated.

A. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of any ordinance of the city is guilty of a violation. Except in cases where a different penalty is prescribed by any ordinance of the city, any person found in violation must pay a fine not to exceed $1,000.00.

B. Each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of the ordinances of the city is committed, continued or permitted by any such person, and he or she shall be punished accordingly. (Ord. 2011-01 §1; Ord. 1982-3 §2)

Regards,

Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director

City of Molalla

117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038

Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218

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From: Gerald Fisher

Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:07 PM

To: Sam Miller <smiller@cityofmolalla.com>; Andy Peters <apeters@cityofmolalla.com>

Cc: Christie DeSantis <cdesantis@cityofmolalla.com>; Dan Zinder <dzinder@cityofmolalla.com>

Subject: RE: 333 Christopher St. Tree Removal

Sam, Dan, and Andy,

Now that I have images of what happened, this is a serious violation of our code and the tree actually blocked emergency access for fire, ambulance, PD, and PW. We will need to cite them. I also want to know what damage they did to the roadway.

Christie,

Does this individual have a City business license.

Regards,

Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director

City of Molalla

117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038

Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218

From: Sam Miller <smiller@cityofmolalla.com>

Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:17 PM

To: Andy Peters <apeters@cityofmolalla.com>

Cc: Christie DeSantis <cdesantis@cityofmolalla.com>; Dan Zinder <dzinder@cityofmolalla.com>; Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>

Subject: 333 Christopher St. Tree Removal

Hello Andy,

FYI,

The property owner at 333 Christopher St. hired Sequoia Tree Service to cut down +-70 tree on the eastside of their property. Which fell across Christopher St. blocking all traffic circulation. The property owner and or Sequoia Tree Service did not pull any permits through the City to work in the ROW, nor did they contact planning department for the required tree removal permit. Staging of the tree once cut up into section was stored on the Molalla River School District property adjacent to Molalla Aquatic Center. See attached file and images. Please let me know if you have any question or concerns.

Regards,

Sam Miller | Sr. Engineer Tech.

City of Molalla

117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 | Molalla, OR 97038

T : 503-759-0217 | E: smiller@cityofmolalla.com