Tree upkeep
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I drive Santa Teresa five or six times a day and I see all that
beautiful landscaping there and my question is who is going to pay
for the upkeep on it, the county or the city?
Tree upkeep
“I drive Santa Teresa five or six times a day and I see all that beautiful landscaping there and my question is who is going to pay for the upkeep on it, the county or the city? Have they budgeted any money for that or are they thinking about that? It’s been on my mind, so who’s paying? Thank you.”
Red Phone:
It contacted Gilroy’s Transportation Engineer, Don Dey, who said the city will maintain the landscaping.
“The City of Gilroy is responsible for maintenance of Santa Teresa Boulevard in the newly constructed four lane section from First Street to north of Longmeadow Drive,” he said. “This maintenance responsibility includes the landscaping being installed in the Santa Teresa project. Once the project warrantee period for the landscaping is complete, the Community Services Department Operations Division will be maintaining the landscaping.”
Sign of the times
“I have a question. I’d like to know if it’s illegal for people to hang up signs, like yard sale or garage sale signs, up on telephone poles and street poles. Or can we put them up as long as we take them down? I know everyone does it, and most people it looks like they just leave them up, but I’ve heard both that people can and can’t. So please set the record straight, Red Phone. Thanks so much.”
Red Phone:
Not too long ago, Red Phone had a caller with a similar question. To get to scoop on city law and fines, at that time it contacted Gilroy’s Code Enforcement Officer Scott Barron. Barron cited Gilroy Zoning Ordinance 37.31 Prohibited Signs:
“Placards, posters, announcements and similar signs attached to any fence, pole, tree or any other object in a public thoroughfare, except those of an official nature authorized by a City Ordinance. Any sign which conflicts with any rule, regulation or order of the California Public Utility Commission pertaining to the construction, operation and maintenance of public utility facilities.”
Barron said that violators of Zoning Ordinance requirements can be enforced as a violation of the Municipal Code.
To gather further information on the fines involved, the Red Phone went to www.municode.com, which explains municipal codes and penalties.
Regarding fines, “Any person … who violates any of the provisions of this Code or who fails to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Code is guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as set forth below. Except as otherwise provided, every such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation is committed, continued or permitted by such person, and shall be punishable accordingly. Any violation of this title or of the codes incorporated thereunder, following three prior convictions therefor, shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(a) For a first violation, the violator shall be charged with an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding $100.
(b) For a second violation within one year, the violator shall be charged with an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding $200.
(c) For a third violation within one year, the violator shall be charged with an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding $500.
(d) For each additional violation, the violator shall be charged with a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both.”
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