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ORDINANCE NO. 1216
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
SHRUBS AND TREES AT
INTERSECTIONS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRICHARD,
ALABAMA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person within the -
City of Prichard to plant, grow or maintain within thirty (30)
feet of a street corner, any bush, shrub or flower, which exceeds
three (3) feet in height.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person 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.
Section 3. This ordinance is intended for the health and
welfare of the citizens of the City of Prichard by providing a
clear vision, in a space beginning three (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
of Prichard.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined not
more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and may in addition, in
the discretion of the court trying the case, be sentenced to
imprisénment or hard labor for the City of Prichard for a term not
to exceed six (6) months, one or both.
Section 5. This ordinance shall have full force and effect
upon its approval as required by law.
Adopted this 20th day of _ October 1969.
APPROVED: i
Mayor 7

