The owner or agent of any lot or parcel of land bounding or abutting any public sidewalk, or walks adjacent to which there is any hedge planted or growing, shall keep such hedge trimmed on the side thereof adjacent and next to such sidewalk so that the hedge or branches thereof shall be a proper distance from such sidewalk or walks, and will in no manner discommode, interfere with, or inconvenience any person traveling on such sidewalk or walks.
(`63 Code, § 551.07) Penalty, see § 98.99