(A) The city shall have the right to prune, maintain, and remove street trees within the sidewalk space of all streets as may be necessary to insure the public safety, which are in an unsafe condition, which are injurious to or affects the safe operation and maintenance of sewer lines, electric power lines, gas lines, water lines, or other public improvements, are seriously affected with any fatal disease, or which interfere with street lighting from city street lights, with the convenience of the public using the adjacent street or sidewalk, or public safety on the adjacent street and sidewalks, at the expense of the abutting property owner, except as provided in § 98.07(C) and (D), and provided the city has followed the procedures as set forth in § 98.15.
(B) In the case of an act of God resulting in a community disaster, or in the event of an emergency, both as declared by the Mayor and Council of the city, or as ordered by the Mayor in the event of a lesser occurrence, the city may aid the property owner in the removal, trimming, and/or clean-up of street trees.
(Ord. 1988, passed 12-27-07)