[Adopted as Sec. 6-3-3 of the 1996 Code]
It is unlawful for any person to plant, cause to grow, allow
to grow or maintain any trees, bushes, shrubbery or vegetation of
any kind which is an obstruction to the clear and complete vision
of any traffic sign in the Town. It shall be the duty of every owner
of such tree, brush, shrubbery or vegetation to remove such obstruction.
Any shrub, tree or other plant which obstructs the view at an
intersection or the view of a traffic sign shall be deemed to be dangerous
to public travel, and the Town Clerk shall notify the property owner
in writing, describing the conditions, stating the steps necessary
to correct the conditions, and establishing a reasonable time within
which the corrective steps shall be taken. In the event that effective
steps are not taken within the time specified, it shall be lawful
for the Town to abate these conditions to the extent necessary to
assure compliance with the foregoing requirements, and the costs thereof
shall be assessed to the owner.
No person shall cut down, break, girdle, bruise the bark or
in any other manner injure any public or private trees, shrubs or
hedges growing within the highway, except as the owner thereof or
the public authority maintaining the highway may cut down, trim and
remove trees, shrubs and hedges for the purpose of and conducting
to the benefit and improvement of the owner's land or the highway
facility. When it is necessary for trees in a road right-of-way to
be removed, the adjacent property owner shall have a right of first
refusal to have the wood.
No person shall build or reconstruct any fence within the public
road right-of-way.
[Adopted as Sec. 6-3-4 of the 1996 Code]
No person shall, without the consent of the owner in the case
of a private tree or shrub, or without written permits from the Town
Board in the case of a public tree or shrub, do or cause to be done
by others any of the following acts:
A. Secure, fasten or run any rope, wire sign, unprotected electrical
installation or other device or material to, around or through a tree
or shrub.
B. Break, injure, mutilate, deface, kill or destroy any tree or shrub
or permit any fire to burn where it will injure any tree or shrub.
C. Permit any toxic chemical, gas, smoke, oil or other injurious substance
to seep, drain or be emptied upon or about any tree or shrub, or place
cement or other solid substance around the base of the same.
D. Remove any guard, stake or other device or material intended for
the protection of a public tree or shrub, or close or obstruct any
open space about the base of a public tree or shrub designed to permit
access of air, water and fertilizer.
E. Attach any sign, poster, notice and other object on any tree, or
fasten any guy wire, cable, rope, nails, screws or other device to
any tree; except that the Town may tie temporary "no parking" signs
to trees when necessary in conjunction with street improvement work,
tree maintenance work or parades.
F. Cause or encourage any fire or burning near or around any tree.
All trees on any parkway or other publicly owned property near
any excavation or construction of any building, structure or street
work shall be sufficiently guarded and protected by those responsible
for such work as to prevent any injury to said trees.
[Added 3-13-2019 by Ord.
No. 1]
Violations of this article shall be subject to the penalty provided in §
1-3, General penalty.