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A. It is the duty of the owner of the property and of any occupant of the property wherein or whereon any such nuisance exists to abate the nuisance by destroying, removing or trimming vegetation, and removing or destroying any health, safety or fire hazard.

B. In addition to duties the owner or occupant may have to abate nuisances, the owner or occupant of property shall:

1. Remove vegetation in or on any abutting sidewalk;

2. Destroy, remove or trim vegetation or parts thereof on the property or on adjacent planting strips which overhang any sidewalk within seven feet measured vertically from any point on the sidewalk;

3. Destroy, remove or trim vegetation or any parts thereof on the property or on adjacent planting strips which encroach on or overhang the traveled portion of the street or alley within 11 feet measured vertically from any point on the street or alley;

4. Remove vegetation constituting a safety hazard found on adjacent planting strips or alleys;

5. Remove vegetation constituting a fire hazard found on adjacent planting strips or alleys;

6. Remove vegetation, refuse, or feces constituting a health hazard found on adjacent planting strips or alleys. (Ord. 1745 § 1 (Att. A), 1998).