The owners or agents of the owners of any lot or parcel of land fronting on any street, alley, avenue or public grounds in the City, in which shade trees are planted and growing, shall trim or cause to be trimmed, all shade trees or shrubbery in front of the respective lots or lands when so ordered by the City Manager or his authorized representative. All trees shall be trimmed so as to have a clear height of ten feet above the surface of sidewalks and twelve feet above the surface of the street or roadway, and the branches of all trees in front of and along lots or lands near which public lamps are placed shall be trimmed so as not to obstruct the free passage of light from such lamps to the street and sidewalks, and if any owner or agent of any lot or parcel of land as aforesaid fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of this section, after being duly notified for a period of ten days, the City Manager or his authorized representative shall cause the same to be done at the expense of the owner of the property, which expense shall be assessed against the property and certified and collected in the same manner as other assessments and taxes are certified and collected.
(Ord. 83-6. Passed 1-13-83.)