BOT 1920 (07-05)EeOD o,,,
0armel,. Ind., July 5, 1920.
The Board met at the library at 8 O'clock with the following members
of the Board present: James M. Nutt, John Lee, Isaac Bales and E. E.
Small.
The matter of a resolution to the State Highway Commission was diseu
cussed with the result that the following resolution was adopted, and
the Claerk was ordered to forward a copy to the Oommission;
A Resolution by the Board of Trustees, of the Town of Carmel, in
Hamilton county, State of Indiana, authorizing and requesting the
State Highway Commission of Indiana, to improve and construsct the pub
lic highway, through the town of Carmel, known as the Range Line road,
from the south limits of said town to the north limits thereof and
agreeing to reimburse said commission for any additional cost per mile
for like work outside of said town.
Whereas~ The State Highway Comission of the State o'f Indiana, has
ordered the irmprovement and construction of a public highway, on the
Range Line road, connecting with the southern limits and extending on
Main street in and through the town of Carmel, to the northern limits
thereof, and
Whereas, By act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
Appreved March 10, 1919, said commission at its discretion is empow-
ered to order the construction of highways through incorporated
townm of said State,
Therefore, Be it Resolved, By the Board of Trustees of the Town
of Carmel, In the county of Hamilton and State of Indiana, ~hat said
town hereby consents to the construction of said road, on Main
street, in said town and requests said coranission to construct the
same from the south limits to the north limits of said town, in the
way and in the manner deemed by. said commission to be just, right and
advisable, and said town hereby agrees to reimburse said commission
for any additional cost per mile, over and above the average expense,
for like work outside of the corporate limits of said town ~is provided
in section BY, page l$1, Acts of the General Assembly, aforesaid.
The vote adopting the above resolution was as follows:
Yeas Nays
Small ~ 0
Lee
Bales
At this time the tree ordinance discussed at the July 2, meeting
of the board, came up for disposition. The following ordinance was
adopted relative thereto, by the ~ote as follows:
Yeas Nays
Bales 0
8~nall
Lee
TItEE ORDINANCE:
An ordinance requiring the cutting and removing limbs and
branches from the lower part of the body of shade trees, on or along
the streets and alleys of the Town of Carmel, Indiana, where the
same interferes with the shining of the sun on said streets, pro-
hibiting the owners of real estate from permitting the growth of
certain limbs and branches on trees, providing a penalty, and
deoaaring an emergency.
Section 1. Be it ordained that all owners of real-estate
in the town of Carmel county of Hamilton, State of Indiana,
having any shade tree or trees planted, growing or standing on
or along the line of any street or side walk of said town, where the
shade of such tree or trees interferes with or prevents the rays
of the sun from reaching such street or shining thereon, shall
be required to sever and remove from the body of such tree or
trees the branches or limbs thereof, or cause the same to be done
so as to permit the rays of the sun to reach any such street and to
shine thereon, which cutting and removing of said limbs and
branches shall be done within a period of ~Etaa~days from the
taking effect of this ordinance, under the supervision of the
marshal of said town, with the approval of the Board of Trustees
aforesaid.
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any owner of real estate
aforesaid to fail to comply with the provisions of section one
of this Ordinanceor any part thereof, or to hereafter permit the
growing of branches and limbs on the body of any such shade tree
or trees, where the same prevents and interferes with the rays of
the sun reaching or shining upon any street in maid town.
Sec. 3. Any owner of real estate in said town, violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance or failing to comply
with the same, may be fined in any su~., not exceeding ten dollars.
An emergency existing for the imediate takin~ effect of this ordi-
nance, the same shall be in force and effect from and after its ---
passage.
Them eeting was continued over.
ATTEST: Clerk-Treasurer.
President Board of Trustees.