Any of the following are, for the purposes hereof, defined to be public nuisances:
(a) Any dead, diseased, infested, or dying tree, shrub, hedge, or plant in any street or on any public or private property so near to any public tree, shrub, hedge, or plant as to constitute a danger to a public tree, shrub, hedge, or plant, or street, or portion thereof or public property.
(b) Any tree, shrub, hedge, or plant on any private property or in any street, of a type or species that will destroy, impair, or otherwise interfere with any street improvement, sidewalk, curb, approved public tree, gutter, sewer, other public improvement, including utility mains and services, or a public tree, shrub, hedge, or plant.
(c) Any tree limb, shrub, hedge, or plant reaching a height more than three feet above the curb grade adjacent thereto, except a tree trunk having no limbs lower than nine feet above curb grade, within the thirty-five foot triangle of public or private property, measured from the projected curb lines, at the intersections of any street improved for vehicular traffic where either traffic signals, stop signs, or yield signs are not installed, or at any intersections which are determined by the chief transportation official to contain a tree limb, shrub, hedge, or plant that obscures or impairs the view of a passing motorist, cyclist or pedestrian so as to create a safety hazard.
(d) Vines or climbing plants growing into or over any public tree, shrub, hedge, or plant; or any public hydrant, pole or electrolier.
(e) Existence of any tree within the city limits that is infested or infected with insects, scale, fungus, or growths that are included in the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s detection and eradication programs or that are injurious to trees.
(f) The existence of any branches or foliage which interfere with visibility on, free use of, access to, or obstruct public vehicular or pedestrian travel on any portion of any street improved for vehicular or pedestrian travel.
(g) Hedges or dense, thorny shrubs and plants on any street or part thereof.
(h) Shrubs and plants more than two feet in height in any tree well or planting strip between the sidewalk and curb, measured above top of curb grade.
(i) Any tree, shrub, hedge, or plant declared a public nuisance pursuant to state law and ordered removed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. 5612 § 1 (part), 2024; Ord. 5557 § 2 (part), 2022: Ord. 4722 § 1, 2001: Ord. 2032, 1961: Ord. 1353 (part), 1951: prior code § 32.13)
* Abatement procedure - See Chapter 9.56 of this code.