(A) In the event any such owner or occupant shall fail, refuse, or neglect to so trim such trees within ten days after service of a notice to do so, the city, by and through its agents, servants, and employees, may go upon the premises and trim the trees and other vegetation growing thereon to conform to the provisions hereof, and the costs and expenses incident thereto may be recovered in a proper civil action instituted by the city against the owner or occupant of the premises.
(B) The notice herein provided for shall be issued under the hand of the City Clerk and be served by the Police Department upon the person to whom the same is directed.
(Prior Code, § 40-155)