(a) Duty of Private Property Owner.
(1) It shall be the duty of any Property Owner owning or occupying property bordering on Right-of-Way, to prune or cause to be pruned any Right-of-Way Tree or Shrub in a manner that they will not shade or obstruct street lights, street signs, or obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic on sidewalks or streets.
(2) It shall be the duty of any Person owning or occupying property bordering on Right-of-Way, upon which property there are any Trees or Shrubs which are designated by the Administrator or their Agent as dead, dying, diseased, or hazardous or deemed a menace to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Plain City, to remove or cause to be removed said Tree(s )and/or Shrub(s).
(3) In either of the above situations, the Administrator or their Agent shall send a written notice, by U.S.P.S certified mail with return receipt, to the Property Owner indicating the required action (pruning or removal) to be taken. A period of thirty (30) days from receipt of this letter shall be permitted for the Property Owner to affect the indicated action. Should the Property Owner fail to comply, it shall be lawful for the Administrator or their Agent to enter upon the property and cause such action. The Property Owner shall be charged treble the actual cost of the work. Cash payment shall be made, payable to the Village of Plain City, within thirty (30) days or triple the actual cost of the work shall be assessed to the property taxes.
(b) Village May Remove.
(1) The Administrator or their Agent may remove or cause or order to be removed. any Trees or part thereof which by reason of its nature is injurious to existing sewers, electric power lines, gas lines, water lines, or other public improvements.
(2) The Administrator or their Agent shall examine or cause to be examined every Tree within 100 feet of any sanitary or storm sewer, drain, manhole, or other public utility line above or below the surface of the ground, which has been reported as dangerous to or causing interference with said sewer, drain, manhole or public utility line, and if found dangerous or causing damage or obstruction of such sewer, drain, manhole or public utility line, the Administrator or their agent shall give to the Property Owner written notice of their findings and an order that such Person remove said Tree or injurious part thereof within sixty (60) days. Service of such notice shall be as described in subsection 913.02(a)(3) of the previous section.
(Ord. 27-2023. Passed 10-9-23.)