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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)
ARTICLE II. TREES AND SHRUBS IN PUBLIC PLACES
The Recreation and Park Board shall have full power and authority over all trees, plants and shrubs planted and to be planted in the streets and public highways of the City, including the right to plant new trees and care for the same, and to that end the Board is authorized to appoint a person, to be known as the City Forester, and such other employees and assistant as may be necessary, and to prescribe and define their respective duties and to fix the amount of their compensation. The Forester shall be an expert, trained in the care and culture of trees and whose duty it shall be, under the control and direction of the Park Board to superintend, regulate and encourage the preservation, culture and planting of shade and ornamental trees, plants and shrubs on the public highways of the City, to prune, spray and cultivate and otherwise maintain the trees, plants and shrubbery, and to direct the time and methods incident to all trimming, spraying, pruning, and care of same. It shall be the further duty of the Park Board to advise without charge the owners or occupants of lots regarding the planting of trees, plants and shrubbery best adapted to their particular street, and to advise as to the proper kinds of trees, plants and shrubs, and to take such measures as may be deemed necessary to control and exterminate all insect pests and plant diseases that may injuriously affect trees, plants and shrubs that are now growing or may be hereafter growing on the streets or public highways of the City.
(Ord. 111, passed 12-2-1918)
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