Court Opinion

ID: 9723046
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 10:01:12.09855+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:44.176415
License: Public Domain

Shepherd, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result.
The only city ordinance that could possibly apply is Chapter 57-2-1, which provides as follows:
All bushes, shrubs or plants, located on any corner lot within the City that obstruct the view of a driver of a vehicle approaching a street intersection shall not be permitted to grow to a height of more than 3 feet above the surface of the roadway.
*279This ordinance can only apply to the portion of a corner lot owned by a defendant. In the instant case the tree in question was located on the berm which, as indicated in the majority opinion, is not owned by the defendants and they did not have control over the height of the tree. Accordingly there can be no recovery against the land owners.