(a) The owner, occupant or person having charge or management of any lot or parcel of land adjacent to any street, roadway, avenue or public grounds, shall trim or prune, or cause to be trimmed or pruned, any trees, shrub or hedge, or shall cause the removal of any dangerous tree upon notice by the Director. All such growth shall be trimmed or pruned so as to have a seven foot (7FT) clearance above the surface of sidewalks and a fourteen foot (14FT) clearance above the surface of any street, alley, avenue, roadway or public grounds.
(b) The branches of all trees, shrubs or hedges in front and along lots or lands near which public streetlights are placed shall be trimmed or pruned so as not to obstruct the free passage of light from the lights to the streets, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds.
(c) Notice shall be deemed served by placing said notice of the violation in question on a conspicuous location on the property notifying the owner or person having charge of the violation.
(d) If the owner, occupant or person having charge or management of any such lot or parcel of land fails or refuses to comply with the written notice to trim or prune, such notice to be made in the manner prescribed herein, the Director shall cause the same to be done at the expense of the owner of the lot or parcel of land, which expense shall be assessed against the property and certified and collected in the same manner as other assessment and taxes are certified and collected, as provided in Sections 919.07 and 919.08. If the Director determines after an inspection, that the lot or parcel of land is vacant or abandoned, the written notice required by divisions (a) and (c) of this section shall not be required, and the Director shall immediately cause the trees, shrubs, or hedges to be trimmed or pruned, or the dangerous trees to be removed, at the expense of the owner of the lot or parcel of land.
(Ord. 21-16. Passed 3-28-16.)