If any person shall violate the provisions of § 13-166, it shall be the duty of the Sanitation Department of the city to give notice to the owner or to any person in possession of the premises in connection with which a violation of such section exists directing that within seven days from the date of such notice the overhanging vegetation constituting the obstruction shall be trimmed so that it does not constitute an obstruction on any public way or else removed in its entirety from the edge of the public way. If the overhanging vegetation is obstructing a public way in such manner as to create a dangerous condition which requires its being trimmed or removed without delay, the Sanitation Department may, without notice, proceed to trim the vegetation so as to remove the obstruction and dangerous condition, or if such obstruction and dangerous condition cannot be removed by trimming the vegetation, the Sanitation Department may proceed to remove the vegetation in its entirety from the edge of the public way, and the costs thereof shall be charged against the premises.
(1989 Code, § 13-167)