Bill No. 16-22 Amending Chapter 16, Article 8, Sec.

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(4) Regulate and prescribe the terms and conditions upon which permits for the maintaining, planting and removal of trees and shrubs shall be issued. Section II. Chapter 19, Article 1, Division 2, Section 19-18 is hereby amended to read: Sec. 19-18. Trimming trees overhanging streets; notice; manner. (a) All trees and shrubs which overhang a street within the City, whether located on tree and lawn areas or on the abutting lots, shall be trimmed either by the Board of Park Commissioners or by the owners of the abutting lots upon the order of the Board. (b) The trimming shall be done within the period specified in the notice given by the Board to the owners, as provided in section 19-2 1; provided, however, such period shall not be less than ten (10) days or more than fifteen days. (c) Overhanging trees shall be trimmed so that there is a clear space of ten(10) feet above the surface of the curb and in such a manner as not to obstruct the view of any streetlight, traffic sign, signal device or street intersection. Section III. Chapter 19, Article 1, Division 2, Section 19-19 is hereby amended to read: Sec. 19-19. Removal of hazardous trees by property owner; order,notice; emergency removal. (a) Every owner of real estate within the City shall remove or trim any tree or shrub or any part thereof located on such real estate or in the tree and lawn area in front of such real estate which may be dead, diseased, unsightly, in a condition which is injurious or detrimental to the public health and safety or the growth of adjacent trees or which may project over the public street on which such real estate abuts in such manner as to obstruct the free passage of pedestrians and vehicular traffic on such public streets. (b) The Board of Park Commissioners shall have the power and the authority to order and require such owner to remove any such tree or shrub by first causing notice to be served on such owner in the manner provided in section 19-21 not less than ten(10) days or more than fifteen(15) days prior to the time designated in such notice for the removal or trimming of such tree or shrub. (c) In case of an immediate necessity for any such removal or trimming by reason of storm, other emergency, or public health and safety, such removal or trimming may be done by the Board of Park Commissioners or its Superintendent of Parks, and no notice whatever need be given thereof. Section IV. Chapter 19, Article 1, Division 2, Section 19-20 is hereby amended to read: