09/26/2006 Ordinances 9080
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ORDINANCE NO. 9080
An ordinance to amend Chapter 32 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Section 32-2 pertaining to trees and shrubs projecting into the street; to repeal Section 32-2 as
now existing, and any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for
publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 32-2 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
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It is hereby declared unlawful for any property owner or any lessee or occupant of any property to permit
the limbs, branches or foliage of any tree or shrub upon such property to project into or extend over any street,
lane, or sidewalk in such manner that there shall be a clearance of less than fourteen feet between the surface of
such street, lane, or less than eight feet between the sidewalk and such limbs, branches, or foliage.
It is also declared unlawful for any property owner or any lessee or occupant of any property to plant, grow,
keep or maintain, or cause to be planted, grown, kept, or maintained, any hedge, bush or shrubbery of any kind
or nature, within the public right-of-way to be continuous of five feet (5') or more and of a height over three
feet (3 ') above the roadway surface measured from the nearest top of the roadway surface or the centerline
grade of the roadway, whichever is higher.
SECTION 2. Section 32-2 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: September 26, 2006.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Approved as to Form C $.~
September 26, 2006 C City Attorney