Title 7 - Health and Sanitation

7.16 Trees and Shrubs

7.16.220 Exceptions and Other Regulations.

  1. A.
    Sections 7.16.150 A., 7.16.150 F. and 7.16.180 shall not affect Trees or Shrubs planted prior to the earliest effective date of the applicable prohibitions contained therein. The judgment of the City Forester concerning the planting date of the object at issue shall be entitled to a presumption of correctness that may be rebutted by credible evidence. Any replacement or additional plantings after such earliest effective date shall be in full compliance with all applicable provisions of the Overland Park Municipal Code.
  2. B.
    The provisions contained in this Chapter are supplementary to and are not intended to exempt or interfere with the duties, responsibilities, enforcement or interpretation of any other ordinance or law concerning property maintenance, Right-of-way or the removal of vegetation, including, but not limited to, weeds, woody vines, brush, grass and uncultivated plants listed in Chapter 7.20 of the Overland Park Municipal Code.

(History: Ord. TP-3025 §13, 2014; TP-2032 §11, 97; TP-1289 §14, 85)

Effective on: 1/1/1901