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The city shall have the authority to treat or to remove any tree as defined in § 13-301, or to remove any dead tree as mentioned herein, which is located within the limits of any public right-of-way within the city. The adjacent property owners shall not be responsible for the cost of treatment or removal of any such trees within the public right-of-way and this expense shall be borne by the city at large.
The City Clerk shall, at the time of certifying other city taxes to the County Clerk, certify the unpaid costs for treatment or removal performed under the authority of §§ 13-304 to 13-306 and the County Clerk shall extend the same on the tax roll of the county against the lot or parcel of ground. The cost of such work shall be paid from the General Fund or other proper fund of the city, and such fund shall be reimbursed when payments therefor are received or when such assessments are collected and received by the city.
No person shall willfully break, cut, take away, destroy, injure, mutilate or attempt to willfully break, cut, take away, destroy, injure or mutilate any tree, shrub, vine, flower or landscaping standing, growing, or being upon the premises in the possession of another, or growing on any public ground, street, sidewalk, promenade or park in the city.
No person shall plant, or cause to be planted, nor allow to grow upon property owned by him or her any shrubs, trees or planting of any kind within ten feet of any fire hydrant in the city, in order that every fire hydrant shall be in full view day or night to fire apparatus approaching from any direction.