(a) Property owners shall trim or cause to be trimmed any tree, plant or shrubbery on such owners’ property such that a clear height below the lowest branch thereof shall be:
(1) Eight feet over a sidewalk;
(2) For state routes, primary thoroughfares and designated truck, routes, ten feet at the curb, if any, measured from the top of the curb, if any, and fifteen feet measured at the centerline thereof;
(3) For secondary thoroughfares, collector streets and local streets, ten feet measured at the top of the curb, if any, and thirteen feet six inches measured at the centerline thereof.
(b) Property owners shall trim or cause to be trimmed any plant or shrubbery on such owners’ property such that no branches or other parts thereof protrude over any portion of a sidewalk.
(Ord. 92-13. Passed 5-4-92; Ord. 99-39. Passed 12-20-99.)
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.