[Adopted as Ch. III, Art. 2, Title 1, of the 1990 Code of Ordinances]
A. 
Every person having charge of any building or construction operations, either as owner or contractor, shall remove or cause to be removed, at the expiration of each working day, from any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public place adjacent to such building or construction operations, all earth, sand, gravel, dirt, mortar, stones, broken brick, shavings, rubbish and all other litter that may have been deposited or accumulated thereon as a result of such building or construction operations.
B. 
No person engaged in excavation, repairs to structures or grounds, or construction or having charge or control of such operations shall deposit, or permit to be deposited, in any manner, upon the surface of any street, alley, or other public place within the corporate limits of the Town of North Brentwood either by placing, spilling, dropping, or tracking from wheels of vehicles, or from the feet of animals, or otherwise, any earth, clay, mud, sand, gravel, or other material. If any such deposit occurs, every person whose duty it is under this section to prevent such deposit shall promptly remove the same.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Town unless such vehicle is constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents, or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley, or other public place. Nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the Town, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place, mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
A. 
Hedges, shrubs, trees, bushes, vines or any type of plants used as a fence or property line separator shall be trimmed or pruned at regular intervals so that branches or any part of the hedges, etc., shall not extend into the vertical plane of any public paved walkway, even when hedges are spread by wind or snowy weather.
B. 
No fence, wall, terrace, structure, shrubbery, planting, tree or other obstruction shall be permitted to grow on any corner lot in a residential area at the intersection of public right-of-way at a height such that the vision of motorists will be obstructed.
C. 
No hedges, shrubs, trees, bushes, vines or any type of plants shall be permitted to obstruct or interfere with the function of any hydrant, water or gas meter, or any other public utility valve or any drainage catch basin.
D. 
Whenever the Mayor and Council find that there exists on any private property within the Town conditions described herein, upon such finding shall immediately serve upon the owner, agent, lessee or any other person having supervision over such property a written notice describing the premises whereon such obstruction exists, a statement of the particulars in which the vision of operators of vehicles is obstructed, including the steps necessary to correct such conditions, and an order directing that such corrective steps be taken within a stated period of time.
E. 
Any person who considers himself aggrieved by any order issued pursuant to the authority of this section may, within 10 days of the receipt of such order, petition the Mayor and Council in writing for a hearing thereon; within 30 days from the receipt of such petition, the Mayor and Council shall hold such a hearing after which it may either affirm, modify or rescind the order. No official or agent of the Town shall remove any obstruction or enforce any order issued hereunder until after such hearing by the Mayor and Council has been held or until after the time to petition for such hearing has expired without such a petition having been filed.
F. 
Upon the failure of any person to comply with the provisions of any order issued hereunder within the time specified therein, the Mayor and Council shall direct Town officials or agents to enter upon the property whereon the obstruction is located and remove all or such part of the obstruction as may be necessary to eliminate the traffic hazard.
G. 
All orders and notices issued by the Mayor and Council or any Town official pursuant to the authority of this section shall be served on the person to whom they are directed either by registered mail or by personal delivery to such person. If such person is not known to reside and cannot be found in the Town, such service shall be made by publication of such order or notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town, and by posting the same on the premises in a conspicuous manner. Service by publication and posting shall be deemed to be made on the day of publication or posting.
H. 
Whenever it is necessary for the Mayor and Council to provide for the removal or elimination of any type of obstruction referred to herein pursuant to the procedures prescribed above, they shall file with the Town Treasurer a certified statement of the cost to the Town of such removal or elimination, together with proof of service of the notice above described. The cost of such removal together with the cost of publication shall therefrom and thereafter constitute a charge against the owner of said property and may be recovered by the Council by appropriate legal action.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 3-2104, Repairing of Vehicles, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 4-2-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-1 and 9-17-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-07.
[Amended 4-2-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-1]
A violation of this article shall be a municipal infraction with a fine of $100 for each offense.