6.735 Removal of Trees.
(1) Whenever it is necessary, the City may remove a tree from public property in connection with the improvement or widening of a street.
(2) For reasons other than street improvement, abutting property owners shall remove a tree from a public right of way upon order of the City in the following cases:
(a) Trees which pose a safety hazard to pedestrian or vehicular traffic or threaten or cause a disruption to public utilities service;
(b) Trees which pose a safety hazard to structures;
(c) Trees which prevent entering or exiting a lot or parcel of property;
(d) Trees which prevent the development of a lot or parcel, or the physical use thereof;
(e) Disease or pest infested trees which are a hazard to people, structures, improvements or other trees;
(f) Trees which are so weakened or damaged by age, storm, fire, ice or other injury as to cause a danger to people or property;
(g) Dead trees and tree stumps;
(h) Trees or the roots of which interfere with or cause the surface of a street, sidewalk or curb in the public right of way to be up heaved or otherwise disturbed.
(3) The Manager may require the abutting property owner to replace any trees removed under this section.
(4) All trees located on private property that have an infestation of pests, insects or their eggs or larvae which may be spread; or that are infected by disease which may be spread; or that overhang a public right of way so as to constitute a sight hazard or danger to pedestrians or vehicles; or interfere with the public use of the right of way are declared a public nuisance and shall be removed by the owner of the private property when so ordered by the City.