Owners of street trees shall provide reasonable care and maintenance to trees within the urban county government right-of-way or tree planting easement, including as appropriate, watering, pruning, insect control and removal of dead or diseased limbs, and removal of any vine or other invasive plant or growth that masks potential defects of the tree.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building or lot to permit any tree, including street trees, to grow in a manner which interferes with a normal sidewalk located on such lot or within an urban county government right-of-way adjoining such lot, or street traffic, or to grow so as to pose a threat to safety or public rights-of-way due to obstruction of view, obstruction of passage, or in any other manner.
The minimum clearance of any overhanging portion thereof shall be seven (7) feet over sidewalks and twelve (12) feet over all streets except truck routes which shall have a clearance of fourteen (14) feet.
(Ord. No. 70-94, § 1, 5-5-94; Ord. No. 30-2005, § 1, 2-10-05; Ord. No. 194-2010, § 2, 11-18-10)