921.03 TRIMMING SHADE TREES.

   The owner of any lot or parcel of land fronting on any street, avenue or public ground in the City, in or in front of which shade trees are planted and growing, shall trim and cause to be trimmed, the branches from the trees in or in front of their respective lots or lands, near which any street lamp is placed, so as not to obstruct the passage of light from such lamp to the street or sidewalk adjacent, and shall trim all branches overhanging any sidewalk or roadway, so as to have a clear height of eight feet above the surface of the sidewalk, and a clear height of twelve feet above the surface of the roadway, unobstructed by branches, and shall remove from the trees dead, decaying and broken limbs or branches that overhang the sidewalk or street, or are liable to fall thereon. When any of the trees are dead the owner thereof shall take up or cause to be taken up and remove the same from the lot or parcel of land, and if any owner of any lot or land in or in front of which shade trees are planted, fails to comply with the requirements of this section, within ten days notice in writing from the Commissioner of Engineering to do so, he shall be punished as hereinafter provided. (1967 Code §95.07)