No person shall trim or injure in any way any living ornamental or shade tree that is located in any street or public place within the Village of Canton without the consent of the owner of the immediately adjoining property and the written permission of the Board of Trustees.
A. 
Where trees located on private property project in such a manner as to obstruct public walks or streets the owner shall properly trim or remove the same, upon notice from the Board of Trustees.
B. 
Trees located between the sidewalks or the sidewalks as extended, and the curb or the curb as extended, shall be property of the village. All others shall be the property and the responsibility of the owner of the land.
C. 
If the order from the Board is not complied with within 10 days the work shall be done by or under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works and the expense of so doing, if not paid into the village treasury, shall be a lien upon the property.
No trees shall be planted in the Village of Canton between the sidewalk and the street.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 4, Hitching animals to trees, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-17-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000.
No person shall attach any swing, electric wire, guy wire, insulator or other device for the holding of wire to any tree along any street or in any public place in the Village of Canton without the written consent of the Board of Trustees.
Every person, firm or corporation running any wire intended for the conveyance of electricity along or upon any street or public place shall locate the same and from time to time so change the location thereof as may be directed by the Board of Trustees in order to avoid injury to trees.
[Amended 4-17-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
The Superintendent of Public Works may be authorized by the Board of Trustees to cut down and remove or trim and prune any tree in any street or public place if the Board determines that such trimming or removing is for the public interest.
[Amended 4-17-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
Any violation of any of the provisions of this article and any interference with the Superintendent of Public Works in the performance of any duty imposed upon the Superintendent of Public Works by this article shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, and in default of payment of said fine the person convicted shall be imprisoned in the St. Lawrence County Jail. Every conviction hereunder shall constitute disorderly conduct.