1028.01 Trees defined.
1028.02 Duties of abutting property owners re trimming, removal, etc.
1028.03 Trimming of trees by City; responsibility of abutting property owners for costs.
1028.04 Shrubbery or other vegetation near streets; traffic hazards.
1028.05 Notice to owner to cut shrubbery or other vegetation.
1028.06 Service and return of notice by police officers; fees.
1028.07 Noncompliance with notice; action by City; responsibility of property owners for costs.
1028.08 Collection of costs by City.
1028.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Driving upon tree lawns - see TRAF. 432.22
Injuring vines, bushes, trees or crops - see GEN. OFF. 642.06
Street trees in subdivisions - see P. & Z. 1228.02(g)
Preservation of vegetation in subdivisions - see P. & Z. 1228.05(a)
Lawns and ground cover in subdivisions - see P. & Z. 1228.14
Care of trees during construction - see P. & Z. 1228.19(b), (c)
The owner of each lot or parcel of land within the City, upon which a tree stands with any part of the tree upon or overhanging a public thoroughfare, and the owner of each lot or parcel of land abutting a public thoroughfare upon which thoroughfare and in front of which lot or parcel of land a tree stands, shall conform to the following regulations:
(a) The owner shall trim, or cause to be trimmed, the tree so that the same shall not obstruct the free passage of light from any street light to the street, sidewalk and/or public thoroughfare.
(b) The owner shall trim, or cause to be trimmed, the tree so that a clear height of thirteen and one-half feet between the lowest branches of the same and the street, alley, sidewalk or public thoroughfare is maintained.
(c) The owner shall trim or remove, as the case may require, every dead, decayed or broken tree, or part thereof, so that the same shall not fall to the street, alley, sidewalk, public thoroughfare or right-of-way.
(Ord. 1-63. Passed 2-20-63.)
The City shall have the right to cause to be trimmed any trees standing in violation of Section 1028.02. The City shall give the property owner ten days notice, in writing, to trim such trees, and in the event that the property owner fails to comply with the notice, the costs incurred by the City, plus the City’s administrative cost of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid by the property owner. If such costs are not paid, they shall be certified by the Finance Director to the County Auditor as a special assessment to be placed on the tax duplicate and to be collected in the same manner as are other taxes.
(Ord. 1-63. Passed 2-20-63; Ord. 09-22. Passed 6-6-22.)
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