[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Boonville 7-5-1950 (Ch. 77
of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 290.
All ornamental and shade trees whose branches or any part thereof
extend over any public street or sidewalk in the Village of Boonville
shall be so trimmed that the lowest branches shall not be less than
12 feet from the ground. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant
of the premises upon which such trees shall stand to so trim the same.
Every person owning lands fronting upon any of the streets within
the Village of Boonville shall, when directed by the Board of Trustees,
plant, rear, preserve and maintain ornamental trees in front of such
lands, to be set out under the supervision of the Public Works Superintendent,
and to furnish the same with a proper protection so long as required;
and, upon like order of the Board of Trustees, under the direction
of the Public Works Superintendent, shall trim or cut down any tree
in front of such lands which may be deemed by said Board of Trustees
detrimental to the roads and streets.
In addition to the penalty hereinafter prescribed for a violation
of this chapter, the Board of Trustees may require the Public Works
Superintendent, on the neglect or refusal of any person to comply
with such direction of the Board of Trustees, to plant, rear, preserve
and maintain such trees or to trim or cut down the same at the expense
of the Village, and to declare such expense a lien upon the lot or
premises in front of which the same is done and to enforce the collection
of such expense by action against the owner or occupant of such lot
or by a sale or lease of the premises in the manner prescribed by
law for the collection of unpaid taxes in said Village.
[Amended 12-29-1971]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be punished, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $250 for each
violation. In addition, each violation of this enactment shall constitute
disorderly conduct, and each person violating the same shall be a
disorderly person. Each day that a violation or failure to comply
with any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated hereunder
by the Board of Trustees occurs shall constitute a separate and distinct
violation.
