The Commission shall have the following duties:

    1. The Commission shall study, investigate, counsel, develop, update annually, and administer a written plan for carrying out the purposes of this Chapter.  

    2. Such plan will be presented to the City Council and, upon their acceptance and approval, shall constitute the official tree plan for the City.

    3. The Commission may draft and recommend to the City Council amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance, and other Chapters of the City Code, so as to require additional planting of street trees and/or privately-owned trees in association with property development or redevelopment in the City.

    4. The Commission may draft and recommend to the City Council standards to be followed when planting trees on publicly-owned property in the City of Sioux City.  Those standards may include, but shall not be limited to, standards governing allowed species of street trees, spacing of street trees, and the location of trees relative to sidewalks, corners, fire hydrants, and curbs.

    5. The Commission may draft and recommend to the City Manager changes to staff procedures, so as to make them consistent with the intent of this Chapter.  Such procedures may include, but are not limited to, tree trimming and excavation procedures of the City.  

    6. The Commission may develop and recommend to the City Council ordinances intended to limit damage done to street trees or park trees by private utility companies during the course of their operations from such activities as the trimming of trees or excavation near trees.

    7. In that a membership of the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Tree Commission are the same, the Planning & Zoning Commission may take the impact on the City's trees into account when carrying out their official duties.  (Ord. 92/T-10735)