The Street Superintendent is hereby required to give the owner or occupant of any house, building, lot or premises ten days notice to trim the trees as provided by this article, and in case the owner or occupant shall neglect or refuse to trim the trees at the expiration of ten days from the service of the notice, the Street Superintendent shall have the trees trimmed as provided herein at the expense of the abutting lot owners, which shall be valid lien against the lot and taxed against the lot, together with the penalty as may be provided by statutes in the case made and provided.
(`90 Code, § 19-61)