(A) Any person owning, occupying, or controlling any lot or other land within the corporate limits of the city, upon which there is planted or growing any tree, hedge, bush, or vine; or owning, occupying, or controlling any lot or other land abutting upon any street within the corporate limits of the city upon which land there is planted or growing any tree, hedge, bush, or vine, shall prune or train the branches or limbs of any such tree, hedge, bush, or vine so that any of same projecting over any street, alley, sidewalk, or public passageway shall be not less than 13 feet above the surface of a street or alley or seven feet above a sidewalk or public (non-vehicle) passageway.
(B) (1) On any corner lot or parkway adjacent thereto, a fence, wall, structure, sign, hedge, tree, or obstruction of any nature erected, planted, or maintained so as to interfere with sight lines at elevations between two feet and eight feet above the top of the adjacent roadway curb, or if there be no curb then from the average street grade, within a triangular area formed by the intersection of the adjacent curb lines, or if none exists, the normal curb lines, 45 feet from the intersection, shall be prima facie evidence that such fence, wall, structure, sign, hedge, tree, or obstruction of any nature constitutes an obstruction to vision as regards public traffic on the streets.
(2) The triangular area of visibility shall be described and depicted by the drawing at the end of this Ordinance 290. Any such fence, wall, structure, sign, hedge, tree, or obstruction of any nature erected, planted, or maintained in violation of this section shall be removed upon written notice from the City Manager, served upon the owner, agent, or occupant of the premises where such obstruction has been erected, planted, or maintained. In the event the obstruction is not removed within ten days after notice, it may be removed by the city at the expense of the property owner.
(3) Any building or structure built in conformance with the building codes or requirements of the city which fall within this triangular area shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 290, passed 8-26-68; Am. Ord. 760, passed 2-16-09) Penalty, see § 99.99