(Amended by Ord. No. 131,900, Eff. 4/9/66.)
No person owning, controlling or occupying any land along or near the lines of a city communications system subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Utilities and Transportation shall allow any branch, limb or other portion of any tree, shrub or vine growing on the land to be or remain within a distance of two (2) feet from any wire of the system.
The Department of Public Utilities and Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to remove, cut or trim any tree, shrub, branch, limb or other portion of any tree or shrub in any street, when in their opinion the same is necessary or convenient to permit the erection, construction, operation and maintenance of the city’s communication systems subject to the jurisdiction of the Department.