(a) No person, being the owner of any residential or commercial real property, or his or her lessee or tenant, or any person acting for or on his or her behalf, shall prohibit, prevent, hinder, obstruct, or deny the right of the owner of any adjoining real property, or anyone acting for or on his or her behalf, to reasonably enter upon such real property for the purpose of making necessary repairs and/or maintenance to such adjoining owner's real property only when it is reasonably necessary to enter upon such real property to make such repairs and/or maintenance.
(b) Any person, being the owner of any residential or commercial real property, or any person acting for or on his or her behalf, who enters upon the adjoining real property of another pursuant to this section, shall return such property to the condition it was in prior to such entry, and shall be liable for damage caused by such entry to any person or real or personal property, including, but not limited to, trees, shrubbery, flowers, grass, or other vegetation.
(c) The person entering or causing another to enter one's property to make repairs shall give or attempt to give the property owner, property manager, lessee or tenant whose property they are entering upon notice of when the repairs will be made. Repairs shall be made at a reasonable time so as not to effect the use or enjoyment of said property
(d) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (Ord. 2014-13. Passed 3-24-14.)
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