Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the words used in this chapter shall have the meaning given in this section:
A. 
"Abutting property"
includes all property having a frontage upon the margin of any street or other public place.
B. 
"Landscape strip" or "parking strip"
shall mean the area between the street margin, as defined by a curb or the edge of the traveled road surface, and the edge of the sidewalk, or if there is no sidewalk, the line where the public right-of-way meets the abutting property line.
C. 
"Street"
as used herein includes boulevard, avenue, street, alley, way, lane, square or place.
D. 
"Sidewalk"
includes any and all pedestrian structures or forms of improvement for pedestrians included in the space between the street margin, as defined by a curb or the edge of the traveled road surface, and the line where the public right-of-way meets the abutting property.
(Ord. 2093 § 2, 2023)
It shall be the responsibility of the owner and any occupant of property abutting upon a public sidewalk to keep the sidewalk, and the area overhanging the sidewalk, free from trash, debris, trees, limbs, vines, shrubs, or vegetation, so that the free and full use of a sidewalk or street by the public is not obstructed or impaired.
(Ord. 2093 § 3, 2023)
Maintenance of landscape strips shall be the responsibility of the abutting property owner unless the city has accepted landscape strip maintenance responsibility for that right-of-way. The abutting property owner shall keep the landscape strip free from trash and debris.
(Ord. 2093 § 4, 2023)
A. 
Violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be a class 1 civil infraction. Each day during which a violation occurs or exists shall be deemed a separate civil infraction.
B. 
Violation of the provisions of this chapter also constitutes a public nuisance. The city manager or designee may seek legal or equitable relief to enjoin any acts or practices and abate any condition which may constitute a public nuisance.
(Ord. 2093 § 5, 2023)