Chapter 8.08
DEAD OR DANGEROUS TREES

Sections:

8.08.010    Responsibility of property owner.

8.08.020    Notice—Failure to remove.

8.08.030    Enforcement.

8.08.010 Responsibility of property owner.

It shall be the responsibility of owners, tenants and occupants of property to discover the existence of dead or dangerous trees located on such property. Any owner, tenant or occupant of property in the town on which property there is a tree which appears to be dead, is liable to fall, is dangerous or is an obstruction to public travel shall report in writing the existence of such hazard to the superintendent of streets and shall, within ten days after observation thereof, at his own expense, cut down and remove such tree. (Ord. 329 § 7 (part), 1974; Ord. 297 § 1, 1970)

8.08.020 Notice—Failure to remove.

On receipt of such report or in the event such a tree is otherwise reported and its existence confirmed, the superintendent of streets shall issue a notice in writing to such owner, tenant or occupant directing him to cut down and remove such tree. In the event such owner, tenant or occupant shall fail for twenty-one days after receipt of such notice to comply therewith, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each day he shall thereafter fail to cut down or remove such tree, provided that in the event of filing by such owner of objection as provided for by Section 22062 of the Streets and Highways Code of the state, a hearing shall be held by the city council at its next meeting, and such owner, tenant or occupant shall be guilty of an infraction for each day he shall fail thereafter to cut down or remove such tree following the twenty-first day after receipt of notice of approval by the city council of the removal of such tree. Any person convicted of such misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for each day of commission thereof. (Ord. 387 § 8 (part), 1981; Ord. 329 § 7 (part), 1974; Ord. 297 § 2, 1970)

8.08.030 Enforcement.

The superintendent of streets shall have such powers as are necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter, including such powers as are granted by Sections 22000 through 22062 of the California Streets and Highways Code. (Ord. 329 § 7 (part), 1974; Ord. 297 § 3, 1970)