A.    The preservation or removal of trees within public easements and city streets, shall be determined by the director of public works.

    B.    Property owners adjoining city streets are encouraged to plant trees in the unused portions of the public right-of-way in front of their property. Property owners shall be responsible for the care and preservation of public trees within the city street right-of-way adjacent to the owner's property when adequate space is available. Once trees planted by the adjoining property owner reach a trunk size of eight inches, all the provisions of this chapter shall apply to removal of such trees.

    C.    If the public works director determines any street tree must be removed because such tree is dead or otherwise creates a hazard, it is the responsibility of the adjoining property owner to remove the tree at his/her expense.

    D.    It is the responsibility of the adjoining property owner to keep such public trees growing within the city street right-of-way pruned and trimmed so as not to interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

    E.    The city may trim any tree which has been determined by the director of public works to be an actual hazard or sight hazard for pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (Ord. 455 § 2 (part), 1991: prior code § 11A-7)