The town has the rights afforded to it by law to maintain the streets, sidewalks and other public areas and the municipal utilities as follows:
(A) Plant, trim, spray, preserve and remove trees, plants and shrubs within the lines of all streets, alleys, avenues, lanes, squares and public grounds, as may be necessary to insure safety when servicing city utilities or to preserve the symmetry and beauty of such public grounds;
(B) Trim any tree or shrub on private property when it interferes with visibility of any traffic control device or sign, or visibility of an intersection, such trimming to be confined to the area immediately above the right-of-way;
(C) Trim any tree or shrub on private property to the extent that such tree or shrub comes within eighteen inches of the edge of a road, provided that the town shall not, pursuant to the authority under division (A), trim tree limbs which are more than fourteen feet above the road or the first eighteen inches next to the road unless there are public safety reasons for doing so.
(D) Remove, or cause or order to be removed, any tree or part thereof which is in unsafe condition or is injurious to sewers, electric power lines, gas lines, water lines or other public improvements, or is affected with any injurious fungus, insect or other pest, or is otherwise diseased.
(Ord. 2018-02, passed 11-15-2018)