The owner or agent of the owner of any lot or parcel of land fronting or abutting on any street or public ground in the Village shall trim or cause to be trimmed all trees growing on or in the front or side of such premises, where branches of trees overhang any portion of the street or public ground, or overhang any portion of the sidewalk, so as not to obstruct the passage of light from any street lamp near such trees, and shall trim all branches overhanging any sidewalk or roadway so as to have a clear height of fifteen (15) feet above the surface of the sidewalk or roadway unobstructed by branches, and shall remove from such trees all dead, decaying and broken limbs or branches that overhang the sidewalk or street, or that are liable to fall thereon. When any of the trees are dead, the owner or agent of the owner shall take up or cause to be taken up such dead trees and remove the same from such lot or parcel of land.
(Ord. 2011-104. Passed 7-25-11.)