8.26.050 Duties of owners and occupants.
A. Subject to subsection (C) below, it is the duty of the owner of property and of any occupant of the property wherein or whereon any nuisance exists to abate the nuisance by destroying, removing or trimming vegetation, and removing or destroying any health, safety, or fire hazard and to remove all shrubs, bushes, trees or vegetation growing or which has grown and died which is a fire hazard or is infested with caterpillars or other horticultural pests, or which otherwise constitute menace to the public health, safety or welfare.
B. In addition to the duties the owner or occupant may have to abate nuisances, subject to subsection (C) below, the owner or occupant of property shall:
1. Remove vegetation in or on an abutting sidewalk.
2. Destroy, remove or trim vegetation or parts thereof on the property, and which are also overhanging any public place at a distance of less than eight feet measured vertically from any point on the sidewalk.
3. Destroy, remove or trim vegetation or any parts thereof on the property or on adjacent planting strips, which encroaches on or overhangs the traveled portion of the street or ally within sixteen and one-half feet measured vertically from any point on the street or alley.
4. Remove all grass and weeds attaining a height of twelve inches, except on property zoned agricultural, and all shrubs, bushes, trees or vegetation growing or which has grown and died which is a fire hazard or is infested with caterpillars or other horticultural pests, or which otherwise constitutes a menace to the public health, safety or welfare.
C. Tree Removal. No person shall remove any trees situated upon a public right-of-way pursuant to this section without first obtaining a permit in accordance with Section 8.26.090. (Ord. 832 § 1, 1997).