Section
Article I. Planting at Intersections
45-1 Limitation on height
45-2 Obstructions to view to be removed by owner; notice to remove
45-3 Obstruction declared public nuisance; abatement by City; lien
45-4 Assessment of City’s cost in abating obstruction
Article II. Trees and Shrubs in Public Places
45-5 Authority and duties of Recreation and Park Board; City Forester
45-6 Permit for removing, planting and the like
45-7 Limitations on location for planting
45-8 Limitation on size of trees to be planted
45-9 Acts prohibited generally
45-10 Moving buildings necessitating moving trees and the like
45-11 Dangerous or diseased trees and the like
45-11.1 Emergency removal of trees, limbs, shrubs and the like
45-11.2 Same — notice
45-11.3 Same — when owner not located
45-11.4 Same — notice following completion
45-12 Dutch elm disease
45-13 Wires coming in contact with trees and the like
45-14 Appropriations to Recreation and Park Board
45-15 Enforcement
Cross-reference:
Defacing trees in parks prohibited, see § 33-3
Destroying or removing trees, flowers and the like in cemeteries, see § 33-4
Trimming trees for community television antenna equipment, see § 15-18
ARTICLE I. PLANTING AT INTERSECTIONS
In any residence district on a corner lot there shall be no fence, wall or hedge more than three feet in height, nor any obstruction to vision other than a post or column or tree not extending one foot in greater cross-sectional dimension between a height of three feet and a height of ten feet above the established grade of either street within an area formed by the lot lines on the street sides of the lot and a line joining points on the lot lines located at a distance of 33 feet from the point on their intersection; provided that any open construction four-foot fence lawfully existing as of the effective date of this section shall be permitted to remain.
(Ord. 1119, passed 6-2-1953; Ord. 2141, passed 7-14-1969; Ord. 3046, passed 9-28-1987)
Any obstruction to the view as mentioned in this article shall be removed by the owner or agent within ten days after service of written notice to do so by the Director of Public Works and Utilities or his or her designee. The notice may be served on the owner if he or she can be located in the City, and if not, on the occupant of the premises and on the owner by registered mail.
(Ord. 1119, passed 6-2-1953; Ord. 3046, passed 9-28-1987)
(a) The obstructions mentioned in this article are declared to be a public nuisance, and if the owner, agent or occupant shall neglect or fail to comply with the order of the Director of Public Works and Utilities or his or her designee and abate the same within the time specified in the notice required by this article to be given, it shall be the duty of the City Administrator to cause to be done and in that case, the cost and expense of removal of the obstructions, in which costs shall be included all items of the cost of abatement thereof, shall, when ordered by the City Council, be assessed by the Board of Special Assessors on each description of land, which shall be and remain a lien thereon until collected and paid as provided by this article.
(b) Upon completion of the removal or abatement of such obstruction, the City Administrator shall make a report to the City Council, setting forth therein the names of the owners, agents or occupant, with a description of the premises, together with an itemized statement verified by him or her showing the cost and expense of all labor and material used.
(Ord. 1119, passed 6-2-1953; Ord. 3046, passed 9-28-1987)
Upon receiving the report mentioned in § 45-3, the City Council shall, and it is hereby authorized to, direct the Board of Special Assessors to make and prepare special assessment rolls which shall contain the description of each lot or parcel of land upon which removal of obstructions were made, the names of the owners of the lots or parcels of land, together with the total cost of removing or abating obstructions to vision as in this article provided to be assessed and the Board shall levy as a special assessment on each description of land appearing on its rolls its portion of the costs. Upon receiving such direction, the Board of Special Assessors shall make an assessment roll as provided in Section 7-402 of the Charter and § 18-11.6 of this Code of ordinances, thereupon the same proceedings shall be had and with like effect as is provided in the Charter for special assessments in other cases.
(Ord. 1119, passed 6-2-1953)
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