(a) The City of Brooklyn shall be responsible for pruning trees and shrubs on City property so that no tree or shrub shall obstruct or interfere with the free passage of pedestrians on any sidewalk or the free passage of vehicles on the paved portion of any street or the view of traffic signs or signals or with the extension or maintenance of wires for street lights. The minimum clearance shall be eight feet over sidewalk and fourteen feet over the paved portion of streets.
(b) Any person who has received from the City a grant to occupy the streets, lanes or public grounds of the City for the purpose of erecting and maintaining poles, wires, fixtures, brackets and sup ports for the necessary wires thereon shall, upon notification by the Municipal Forestry Manager that any such wire under its control is interfering with a public tree, prune such tree at no expense to the City within forty-eight hours or other reasonable time designated by the
Municipal Forestry Manager in the notification in such manner as to remove any interference of the tree from the wires.
(Ord. 1984-35. Passed 9-24-84.)