Any person desiring to cut or remove trees or branches thereof, or to fell trees or branches thereof, in close proximity to the lines of the electric distribution system of the city, and which work might cause injury or damage to the lines thereof, shall, before doing the work, give reasonable notice to the Utilities Manager, and shall secure permission from the Utilities Manager so to do, and shall seek the assistance of the city to do the work so that electric service shall not be interrupted or damage done to the lines or property of the city. Any person felling or removing the trees, or branches of trees, resulting in the interruption of electric service or damage to the lines or property of the city, without having given notice to the city as provided in this section, and without having received the permission from the Utilities Manager to do so as provided in this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in this chapter. Nothing contained in this section is intended to relieve any person of liability for damage to property of the city.
(Prior Code, § 52-48) Penalty, see § 51.99