Every person who is the owner of or is an agent having the care of any premises within the City which abut on any public street or highway shall trim and keep trimmed all trees growing on such premises, or between the premises and the edge of the sidewalk where branches of trees overhang any portion of such street or highway, or overhang any part of the pavement or sidewalk of that part of such street or highway so abutting upon such premises. Such trees shall be trimmed and kept trimmed so that the lowest branch thereof shall be at least eleven feet above the level of that part of such pavement, sidewalk, street or highway so overhung by such branches.
(1963 Code §559.06)