[Adopted 2-28-1944 (Ch. 102, Art. II of the 1971 Code)]
[Amended 2-25-1974; 4-23-2007 by L.L. No. 1-2007]
No person, firm, corporation or association
of persons in possession of property as either owner or tenant thereof
shall erect, construct, install, plant, grow or maintain on any property
located at the intersection of avenues, streets or alleys any fence,
wall, sign, post, hedge, shrubbery, stockade, enclosure or tree that
exceeds three feet in height above the level of the curb of such intersection
of avenues, streets or alleys, or any tree of which any branch shall
be lower at any point than 14 feet above the level of such avenue,
street or alley, or park or allow to be parked any type of vehicle,
to the end that persons driving vehicles upon any such intersection
of avenues, streets or alleys shall have an unobstructed view across
the corner part of said premises to the other of said avenues, streets
or alleys for a distance of at least 20 feet from the intersection
of curbs as measured along the curbline adjacent to said property.
[Amended 10-13-1992; 12-14-1992]
Any person or persons who shall violate any
provision of this article shall be liable to pay to the City a penalty
of not less than $100 and no more than $250 for each offense, and
all persons, tenants or occupants of premises violating any of these
provisions shall, within 10 days of the receipt from the Commissioner
of Public Works of a written notice to comply with said provisions,
so trim, prune and, if necessary, remove all fences, walls, signs,
posts, hedges, shrubbery, stockades, enclosures or trees, and in default
thereof, the City may carry out the provisions of this article and
enter upon said property for the purpose thereof and assess the expenses
thereof upon the land or property of the owner in default.
