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PART 14
STREETS AND PUBLIC WORKS
CHAPTER 1
USE AND OBSTRUCTION OF STREETS
SECTION:
14-101: Trees And Shrubbery To Be Trimmed
14-102: Unlawful To Injure Trees And Shrubbery
14-103: Unlawful To Obstruct Sidewalks, Streets With Merchandise
14-104: Unlawful To Obstruct Unduly Sidewalks And Streets
14-105: Unlawful To Deposit Trash Upon Streets Or Sidewalks
14-106: Unlawful To Play On Sidewalks And In Streets
14-107: Vehicles Not To Be Washed On Street
14-108: Water, Mud From Vehicle Not To Drain Into Street
14-109: Water From Filling Stations And Other Businesses
14-110: Owner Or Occupant Not To Permit Sidewalk Or Sidewalk Area To Become A Hazard
14-111: Street Not To Be Obstructed So As To Interfere With Drainage
14-112: Setting Fees For Permits To Cut Streets For Installation Of Utilities
14-113: Procedure For Closing Of A Public Way
14-101:   TREES AND SHRUBBERY TO BE TRIMMED:
   A.   The owner of any premises abutting on any street of this City shall trim all trees and shrubbery growing in the parking, between the sidewalks and the roadway, of any such street, and all trees and shrubbery growing on any part of the premises adjacent to the sidewalks or any street or alley, in such manner that the boughs or limbs thereof shall not obstruct free and convenient passage and travel along the streets, sidewalks, and alleys. When such premises are occupied by some person other than the owner, such occupant shall trim the trees and shrubbery in the same manner as hereinafter required of the owner. Such trees and shrubbery shall be trimmed so that the lowest branches or foliage shall not be lower than ten feet (10') above the roadway of a street or alley, nor lower than eight feet (8') above the sidewalk.
   B.   Any owner or occupant who shall fail, refuse or neglect to trim trees and shrubbery as provided in this section, after receiving five (5) days' notice from the head of the department in charge of streets to do so, shall be guilty of an offense against the City. Every day that the owner or occupant shall fail, refuse or neglect to trim the trees or shrubbery, after the expiration of the five (5) days' notice, shall be a separate offense. (Prior Code § 19-2)
14-102:   UNLAWFUL TO INJURE TREES AND SHRUBBERY:
It is unlawful for any person to injure any tree or shrubbery on a street or alley in the City; provided that this shall not prohibit the lawful and proper care and removal of such trees and shrubbery. (Prior Code § 19-17)
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