§ 24.70.020. Responsibilities of abutting property owners; setback of trees from street or sidewalk.

It shall be the duty of any person growing a tree within the public highway or right-of-way or who is responsible for trees growing on property abutting on public places:

A.

To trim his trees so as not to cause a hazard to the public or interfere with the proper public lighting or street lighting and so that the electrical, telephone or other utility line clearance or any portion thereof shall be nine feet. No flowers, shrubs or trees shall be allowed to overhang or prevent the free use of the sidewalk or roadway, or street maintenance activity, except that trees may extend over the sidewalk when kept trimmed to a height of eight feet above the sidewalk, and 14 feet above a roadway.

B.

To treat or remove diseased trees or plants, and to treat or remove any tree or plant which creates a nuisance or is a hazard to any public place by reason of being diseased or insect ridden.

C.

To remove any tree which has become dead or is in such condition as to be hazardous to the public.

D.

Setbacks.

1.

Street. On a corner lot, no trees shall be planted or maintained within a triangular area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight line joining the street lines at points which are 35 feet distant from the point of intersection, measured along the lot lines of the corner lot.

2.

Sidewalk. No tree may be planted on private property within two feet of any sidewalk or pavement.

(CAC 10.48.040)