7-2-2: CARE OF TREES; HEIGHT ABOVE STREETS:
   A.   It shall be the duty of every owner of real property situated in the city and abutting upon or adjacent to any street, avenue, boulevard, public way, highway or alley in the city to care for, cultivate, trim, prune, cut, keep and maintain, or cause to be cared for, cultivated, trimmed, pruned, cut, kept or maintained, all trees and shrubs kept, maintained, growing or planted thereon and in the parking or parkings abutting upon or adjacent to such real property in such manner that such trees and shrubs and the branches and limbs thereof shall not in any manner interfere with public travel and use of the streets, avenues, boulevards, public ways, highways, alleys and sidewalks, or obscure the vision of any person using or desiring to use the streets, avenues, boulevards, public ways, highways, alleys or sidewalks, or obscure or interfere with street lighting, traffic control devices or traffic signs, or constitute a menace or danger to any person using or desiring to use the streets, avenues, boulevards, public ways, highways, alleys and sidewalks.
   B.   All such trees and shrubs shall be so planted and cultivated as not to extend lower than eight (8) feet above the surface of any sidewalk and not lower than fourteen (14) feet from the traveled portion of any street, avenue, alley or other public way in the city. No pruning within any street or right-of-way shall be done which results in topping as prohibited in 7-2-10. All trees on public or private property in violation of this section or deemed a hazard to the public safety shall be subject to 7-2-7. (Ord. 1243, 9-19-2022)