§ 14-78. Encroachment upon adjoining properties; interference.

No person owning or occupying any property within the village shall permit any trees, hedges, bushes, or shrubbery of whatsoever kind or nature to grow or remain upon the premises, or in the area between the sidewalk and curb abutting the premises, so as to encroach upon the adjoining sidewalks, streets, highways, or alleys in a manner as to interfere with pedestrians or vehicular traffic lawfully using the sidewalks, streets, highways, or alleys or in a manner as to restrict the clear view of vehicular traffic using the streets, highways, or alleys. Any trees, hedges, bushes, or shrubbery growing upon any premises in the village or in the area between any sidewalk and curb abutting any premises in violation of this article are hereby declared to be a nuisance and detrimental to the health, welfare, and safety of the inhabitants of the village.

(Code 2004, § 24.2)