(A) The city shall have the right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees, plants and shrubs within the city right-of-way along all streets, avenues and alleyways and public grounds as may be necessary to ensure public safety or to preserve or enhance the symmetry and beauty of such public grounds.
(B) The city may remove, or cause, or order to be removed, any street tree or part thereof which is in an unsafe condition or which by reason of its nature 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. This section does not prohibit the planting of street trees by adjacent property owners providing that the selection and location of said trees is in accordance herewith.
(C) Expenses of planting, pruning, maintaining and removal of trees, plants and shrubs under this section for the reasons specified above shall be borne by the city. However, any removal of street trees, plants or shrubs at the request of an adjoining property owner for merely aesthetic reasons, or reason other than safety, prevention of damage to property or improvements, or prevention of disease, shall be borne by said property owner. Any removal of street trees at the request of a property owner for aesthetic reasons or reasons other than promotion of safety, or prevention of property damage or disease, shall be done only with the concurrence of the city.
(Prior Code, § 97.09)