Palm Tree Pruning Sample Clauses
The Palm Tree Pruning clause sets out the requirements and standards for the maintenance and trimming of palm trees on a property. Typically, it specifies how often pruning should occur, who is responsible for performing the work, and any safety or disposal procedures that must be followed. For example, it may require that dead fronds and fruit be removed regularly to maintain the health and appearance of the trees. This clause ensures that palm trees are properly cared for, reducing safety hazards and maintaining the aesthetic value of the property.
Palm Tree Pruning. Palm Pruning consists of maintaining the crowns and trunks of palm trees including the pruning of spent or declining fronds, seed pods and the skinning or shaping of spent petiole bases into a ball or nut as applicable by palm type.
1. Palm trees shall be trimmed using a handsaw or pole saw that has been sanitized before and after the handsaw is used to cut the fronds of any other palm tree.
2. Live, healthy fronds, initiating at an angle of 90 degrees or greater from the horizontal plane, shall not be removed. Fronds removed should be cut close to the petiole base, taking into consideration the role of petiole bases in the formation and maintenance of the ornamental ball at the base of the canopy, as applicable by species.
3. Live trunk tissue should never be cut while pruning palm trees.
4. The use of chainsaws to prune any frond, fruit or flower structures from any Canary Island Date Palm will result in severe Contract penalties.
5. Using properly sterilized equipment as described herein, any fruit or flower structures in the crown of the palm shall be removed concurrently with frond pruning.
6. Care shall be taken in the handling of fruit and flowers as they are likely to release clear liquids that react with and can cause staining to hardscape elements. The Contractor shall be responsible for removing palm fruit related stains from private property hardscape elements.
7. Maintenance of the ornamental ball located at the base of the palm canopy, directly below the live fronds, shall be as described by species as follows:
Palm Tree Pruning. Contractor may be issued a work order to prune palm trees. Pruning of palm fronds, including the removal of fruit, occurs during the months of July and August. Date Palms are trimmed on an as needed basis. The City will provide a list of locations, palm species and count to the Contractor for review. Once the Contractor has verified the list they will submit a schedule to the City Representative for approval. Palm tree pruning must be completed before September 1st.