A. The owner or occupant of any premises abutting on any street of the City of Purcell shall trim all trees and shrubbery growing in the parking between the sidewalks and the roadway of any such street and all trees and shrubbery growing on any part of the premises adjacent to the sidewalks or any street or alley in such manner that the boughs or limbs thereof shall not obstruct free and convenient passage and travel along the streets, sidewalks, and alleys. When such premises are occupied by some person other than the owner, such occupant shall trim the trees and shrubbery in the same manner as required in this chapter of the owner. Such trees and shrubbery shall be trimmed so that the lowest branches or foliage shall not be lower than eight (8) feet above the roadway of the adjacent street or alley, nor lower than seven (7) feet above the sidewalk. The city shall maintain the area above the driving surface of streets and alleys that have been dedicated and accepted by the city to a height of no lower than fourteen (14) feet.
B. Any owner or occupant who shall fail, refuse, or neglect to trim trees and shrubbery as provided in this section, after receiving at least ten (10) days' notice from the city manager, or his designee, to do so is guilty of an offense against the city and subject to a fine in accordance with Section 1-12, as amended. Every day the owner or occupant fails, refuses, or neglects to trim trees and shrubbery after the expiration of the ten (10) days' notice shall be and is a separate offense.
(Code 1991, § 14-101; Ord. No. 17-14, § 1, 7-3-2017)