The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-08-30
Ordinance.

| Shade tree ordinance.
| An ordinance to provide for the trimmin,
of shade trees, and for cutting grass ant
weeds in front of all lots and premises il
the city of Owosso.
The City of Owosso Ordains:-
Section /. That hereafter it shall be
necessary and incumbent upon all persons
| owning any lots or premises in the city OF
| OwOsSo adjacent to which shade trees OIL
ornamental trees shall be standing in the
streets of said city upon the said premises
adjacent to any street in said city to keeI
| said trees trimmed up for a distance OF
| s feet from the street or sidewalks. 1t shall
| be unlawful for any person owning any
such lots or premises to permit trees as
aforesaid, to remain with their branches
at less height than feet above any
street or sidewalk in said city. and any per-
son offending against the terms of this Sec
| tion of this ordinance shall be punished as
provided in the penalty section of this or
dinance.
Section Q 1t shall be the duty of every
person owning any lots premises In the
city OF Owosso, where any shade trees or
ornamental trees are standing in the streets
adjacent to said premises upon said prem
ises so as to project over any sidewalk or
street in said city. to cause said trees to be
trimmed at height of not less than feet
from the street or sidewalk not later than
the first day of June of each and every year.
IL any person owning any lots or premises as
Aforesaid, shall neglect to trim said shade
trees or ornamental trees as aforesaid, the
Street Commissioner Of the city of Owosso
is hereby directed and empowered and au-
thorized to at once proceed, after the first
day of June of any given year, to trim
or cause to be trimmed said trees to the
height above described. Said Street Com
mission shall then report to the Common
Council of the city Of Owosso the cost OF
said work, and such cost and expense shall
be spread as special assessment against
the premises upon which or adjacent to
which said trees stand.
Section 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person owning any lots or premises in the
city of Owosso to permit noxious weeds to
grow thereon or in any street adjacent to
said lots or premises between the property
line and the curb line until said weeds
have gone to seed. Any person violating
the terms of this section of this ordinance
shall be subject to the penalty prescribed
in the penalty clause of this ordinance.
Section 4. Every person person owning
any lots or premises In the city of Owosso
shall not later than June LIST of each year
and second time between August LIST and
September LIST OF each year, cut or caused to
be cut all noxious weeds growing on said
premises or adjacent to said premises be-
tween the property line and the curb line In
of the failure neglect Of such owner
or owners to cut or cause to be cut said
weeds aforesaid. the Street Commits
sioner of the city of Owosso is hereby au-
thorized, empowered and directed, without
further or other notice, to cut cause
to be cut, said weeds and report the cost
and expense of said cutting to the Com
mon Council OF the city of Owosso. Such
expense so incurred shall be made a special
assessment upon the premises upon which
or adjacent to which said weeds were
cut as aforesaid.
Section 5. Any person or persons vio-
lating the terms of tbs ordinance shall be
punished by n fine not exceeding $500 in
addition to the costs OF prosecution, or by
Imprisonment in the county Jail not ex-
ceeding 20 days or by both such fine and
imprisonment In the discretion Of the Court.
Section 6 All ordinances or parts of or
dinances inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.
Section z. This ordinance shall take effect
20 days after it's adoption.
Passed and approved Aug. 26, A. d. 1912.
Attest: GEO w. CLARK,
ARTHUR II. DUMoND. Mayor
City Clerk.