Page 1 we ORDINANCE NO. 1711 AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT PERSONS OR COMPANIES FROM OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW AT INTERSECTIONS AND CORNERS CREATING TRAFFIC HAZARDS IN THE CITY OF PRICHARD. SECTION i: SHRUBS, TREES, WEEDS, FLOWERS, ETC. AT INTERSECTIONS. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, establishment, firm, business, owner, agent or occupant of property within the City of Prichard, to plant, grow or allow to grow, or maintain within thirty (30) feet of a street corner, any bush, shrub, weed or flower which exceeds three (3) feet in height. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, establishment, firm, business, owner, agent or occupant of property within the City of Prichard, to plant, grow or maintain within thirty (30) feet of any street corner any tree, any of the limbs of which are nearer than eight (8) feet to the ground. The purpose of this Ordinance is to provide clear vision, in a space beginning (3) feet above the ground and ending eight (8) feet above the ground and extending back in each direction from street corners for a distance of thirty (30) feet, to persons operating vehicles along the streets of the City. SECTION 2: NOTIFICATION OF VIOLATION: The Occupant of adjacent property shall be notified by letter and copy ~* of the ORDINANCE by either a Public Works Official, City Inspector or Police Officer delivered by hand or by mail. The Occupant or owner shall have ten (10) days to correct-the situation after proper notification. SECTION 3: PENALTIES: Any person found guilty of violating this Ordinance of the City of Prichard shall be fined in amount not exceeding the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100) or ten (10) days in jail or comparable days as a service worker for the City of Prichard or a combination of these, according to the discretion of the court trying the case. ' Adopted this the 13th day of February, 1990. APPROVED: ATTEST: CYNTHIA K. NORWOOD, CITY CLERK~TREASURER