(A) It shall be the duty of all owners, agents, tenants or other persons having possession or control of real property within the city to properly cultivate, care for, and maintain all street trees, shrubs and plants, planted or set out within any parkway, planting strip or planting easement located immediately adjacent to the real property under their possession or control.
(B) All damage to any owner’s real property, including any improvements thereon, or to sewer laterals or water service lines or meters, by any parkway tree shall be the responsibility of the property owner having the duty to cultivate, care for and maintain the parkway tree as described above.
(C) The Director shall have the authority to require a property owner to take such action as is necessary to control insects, parasites, fungus and other injurious pests or plant material that would cause serious injury to street trees or other plant material. The Director shall notify the property owner in writing describing the conditions and stating the control necessary to correct the condition establishing a reasonable time in which the corrective step(s) should be taken.
(D) The Director shall have the authority to require property owners to remove any privately planted tree not in accordance with the street tree plan, or remove or prune any privately planted tree, shrub, vine or other plant material if it is determined by the Director to be seriously interfering with the growth and health of any street tree.
(1995 Code, §8.32.060) (Ord. 08-12, passed 7-15-2008)