(A) Prevention of nuisance. It shall be the duty of any person growing a tree on his or her property to trim the trees, and to treat or remove any diseased trees to prevent them from constituting a nuisance to neighbors or to the public. Any tree or shrub overhanging any sidewalk, street or other public place in the city in such a way as to impede or interfere with traffic or travel, or within 16 feet of the street (14 feet over streets where trucks are prohibited) or seven feet of a sidewalk level, shall be trimmed accordingly by the owner of the premises.
(B) Prevention of obstruction or dangerous conditions. All trees or limbs of a tree that are likely to fall on or across any public way or property of another, or to interfere with the vision of vehicular traffic, shall be removed by the owner of the premises on which such tree grows. The Tree Conservator, or his or her designate, may trim any such tree or shrub, or remove any such tree or branch thereof, so that the obstruction or danger to traffic or passage shall be eliminated.
(Ord. 1426, passed 11-16-10; Am. Ord. 1558, passed 1-19-16)