1305.16  ENTERING ADJOINING PROPERTY; DAMAGE.
   (a)   No person, being the owner of any residential or commercial real property, or his or her lessee or tenant or any person acting for or on his or her behalf, shall prohibit, prevent, hinder, obstruct or deny the right of the owner of any adjoining real property or any person acting for or on his or her, or their behalf, to reasonably enter upon such real property for the purpose of making necessary repairs and/or maintenance to such adjoining owner's real property only when it is reasonably necessary to enter upon such real property to make such repairs and/or maintenance.
   (b)   Any person, being the owner of any residential or commercial real property, or any person acting for or on his or her behalf, who enters upon the adjoining real property of another pursuant to this section shall return such property to the condition it was in prior to such entry and shall be liable for damage caused by such entry to any person or real or personal property, including, but not limited to, trees, shrubbery, flowers, grass or other vegetation.
   (c)   Whoever violates any provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 13-69.  Passed 12-2-13.)