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§ 93.80  OWNER OF EVERY LOT WITHIN VILLAGE LIMITS SHALL KEEP SHRUBBERY AND TREES TRIMMED AND NEAT.
   The owner of every lot or parcel of land within the corporate limits of the village upon which a tree, plant, or shrubbery stands with any part thereof upon or overhanging a public street or sidewalk shall conform to the regulations herein provided; otherwise the village shall cause such trees to be trimmed, or cut down and removed, in accordance with these regulations, and assess the cost thereof against the owner of the lot or parcel of land.
   (A)   The owner shall trim or cause to be trimmed any tree, plant, or shrubbery so that a clear height of eight feet between the lowest branches of the same and the street or sidewalk is maintained.
   (B)   The owner shall trim or remove, as the case may require, every dead, decayed, or broken tree, plant, or shrubbery, or part thereof, so that the same shall not fall to the street or sidewalk.
   (C)   The owner shall cut down and remove any tree, plant, or shrubbery, or any part thereof, as may be necessary to provide a clear and unobstructed view of traffic from all directions at any street intersection, or to abate any nuisance necessary to protect life, limb, or property of persons, drivers of any vehicles, or pedestrians using the street or sidewalk.
(Ord.  18-71, passed  6-11-1971)
§ 93.81  VILLAGE SERVICE DIRECTOR/STREET COMMISSIONER TO TAKE ACTION.
   In the event the owner does not trim or remove any tree, plant, or shrubbery, or any part thereof, in accordance with the provisions of § 93.80, then the Village Service Director/Street Commissioner is authorized, and it is declared to be his or her duty to have enforced the provisions of this section, and to cause to be trimmed or removed the tree, plant, or shrubbery, or part thereof.
(Ord.  18-71, passed  6-11-1971)
§ 93.82  OWNER RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TREE OR SHRUBBERY GROWING CONTIGUOUS TO ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY.
   Whenever any tree, plant, or shrubbery, or part thereof, is growing in any street, public place, or upon private property contiguous to a street or sidewalk, or public place, and is trimmed or removed by the village, then, after the work is done, the village shall give five days’ notice, by registered mail, to the owner of the lot or parcel of land, at his or her last known address, to pay the cost of the trimming or removal of trees, plants, or shrubbery, or parts thereof; the notice shall be accompanied by a statement of the amount of cost incurred.  In the event the same is not paid within 30 days after the mailing of the notice, then such amount shall be certified to the County Auditor for collection of the same as other taxes and assessments are collected or may be by the village, as in any other civil matter.
(Ord.  18-71, passed  6-11-1971)
§ 93.99  PENALTY.
   (A)   Violation or failure to comply with any provisions of this chapter, including § 93.05, for which no other penalty is provided, shall be a minor misdemeanor for the first offense and a fourth degree misdemeanor for each offense thereafter. 
(Ord. 86-8, passed 7-1-1986)
   (B)   Whoever violates § 93.04 shall be fined as set forth in § 10.99.
   (C)   A violation of § 93.23 shall constitute a nuisance, which shall carry a fine, if not corrected within seven days of receiving notice of the nuisance.  Each day after the eighth day that the nuisance is not corrected shall constitute a violation and subject the violator to a fine as set forth in § 10.99.
   (D)   Whoever violates § 93.80 and does not correct the violation within the 48-hour period shall be fined as set forth in § 10.99.  Each day the violation continues after the 48-hour notice shall constitute a separate offense. 
(Ord. 12-1980, passed 7-1-1980)