(a) No owner of any property bordering on a Village right of way, tree lawn, street or alley (“abutting owner”) shall plant, grow or maintain any tree, shrub or other plantings located either on the owner’s platted or surveyed property or between the property line and the curb line of the street which will obstruct the proper distribution of light from street lamps or which will obstruct the passage of traffic or the view of traffic approaching an intersection by operators of vehicles approaching the intersection from another direction.
(b) All trees, shrubs or other plantings shall be trimmed so as to have a clear height of ten feet above the surface of sidewalks and twelve feet above the surface of the street or roadway, and the branches of all trees in front of and along lots of lands near which street lights are placed shall be trimmed so as not to obstruct the free passage of light from such street lights to the street and sidewalk.
(c) The Mayor or his designee shall cause a written notice to be given to such abutting owner ordering such abutting owner to trim or remove tree(s), shrub(s), or other plantings so that the tree(s), shrub(s) or other plantings shall conform to this section.
(d) In the event that such abutting owner fails to comply with the notice, the Mayor or his designee may cause the tree(s), shrub(s) or other plantings to be trimmed or removed, so that the tree(s), shrub(s) or other plantings shall conform to this chapter, cause the Village to pay the expenses of such trimming or removal, and certify the cost to the County Auditor to be placed as a lien on the real estate of the abutting owner.
(Ord. 13-024. Passed 12-16-13.)