Chapter 12.12
OVERHEAD OBSTRUCTIONS
Sections:
12.12.010 Banners--Permit required.
12.12.020 Trees over sidewalks and streets.
12.12.010 Banners--Permit required.
A. Banners will be permitted to be displayed above public streets, provided that a permit for installation of same has been obtained from the director of public works.
B. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of six months, or a fine of five hundred dollars. (Ord. 504 §1, 1974; Ord. 478 §3(part), 1972)
12.12.020 Trees over sidewalks and streets.
A. No branch of any tree extending over any sidewalk or street in the city shall be less than eight feet in the clear above such sidewalk.
B. It is the duty of any owner or claimant of any tree with branches extending over any sidewalk or street in the city to remove the branches of any such tree to a height of not less than eight feet above the sidewalk or street thereunder.
C. If any owner or claimant of any tree extending over the sidewalk or street in the city fails, refuses or neglects to remove, and keep removed, the branches thereof to a height of not less than eight feet from the sidewalk or street thereunder, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of streets or the chief of police to notify the owner or claimant of any tree maintained in violation of this section to remove forthwith and without delay all overhanging branches thereof to a height of not less than eight feet, as provided in this section.
D. Unless within ten days from the date of notification by the superintendent of streets or the chief of police of the city, the owner or claimant of any tree with overhanging branches maintained in violation of this chapter removes such branches to a height of not less than eight feet in the clear, the superintendent of streets shall remove or cause them to be removed without further notice or demand. (Ord. 216 §§1--4, 1927)