It shall be the duty of every owner, or person having the possession or charge of any lot, block, or parcel of ground within the village, to keep all shade or ornamental trees planted or growing in any street or thoroughfare adjoining the lot, block, or tract of ground so owned or possessed by him or her, properly trimmed up by cutting off the lower limbs or branches of such trees to a height of not less than eight feet from the ground, and by cutting off the tips or extremities of the branches so as not to obstruct a fair view of the streets along which such trees are, or may be, growing.
(Prior Code, § 18-7) Penalty, see § 153.99