8-2011. Removal of traffic hazards on private property.
8-2011
8-2011. Removal of traffic hazards on private property.
(a) It shall be the duty of the owner of real property to remove from
such property any tree, plant, shrub or other obstruction, or part thereof,
which, by obstructing the view of any driver, constitutes a traffic hazard.
(b) When the secretary of transportation or any local authority
determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that
such a traffic hazard exists, the secretary or such local authority shall
notify the owner and order that the hazard be removed within ten (10) days.
(c) The failure of the owner to remove such traffic hazard within ten
(10) days shall constitute an offense punishable by a penalty of ten
dollars ($10) and every day said owner shall fail to remove it shall be a
separate and distinct offense.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-2011; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 59; Aug. 15.