Any person doing business as a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of the state and any duly constituted public agency authorized to provide and providing utility service, shall be given a permit from the Public Works Director, valid up to one year from the date of issuance, permitting the person to trim, brace, remove or perform other acts with respect to trees growing adjacent to the public streets of the city or which grow upon private property to the extent that they encroach upon public streets as may be necessary to comply with the safety regulations of the Commission and as may be necessary to maintain the safe operation of its business.
(`61 Code, § 23A.9) (Ord. 419, passed 2-5-1963)