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ORDINANCE NO. B -2001
AN ORDINANCE relating to the removal of trees, shrubbery, signs and other obstructions
which interfere with public travel; providing for notice and for removal
by the city after notice to the owner of the property affected; providing
for recovery of costs or removal by the City, and creating a lien upon
property affected.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: .
Section 1. On property at any corner formed by intersecting streets it
shall be unlawful to install, set out or maintain, or to allow the installation, set-
ting out, or maintenance of, or to permit any sign, hedge, trees, shrubbery, natural
_growth or other obstruction view to be higher than 3 feet, above the level of the
center of the adjacent intersection within the area bounded by the center lines of the
adjacent intersecting streets, extending from such point of intersection to points ex-
tending along said center lines 80 feet from said point of intersection and a straight
line connecting said latter points._
Section 2. The foregoing provision shall not apply to permanent buildings,
public utility poles, trees trimmed to the trunk to a line at leas :t 7 feet above the
level of the intersection; saplings or plant species of open growth habits and not
planted in the form of a hedge, which are so planted and trimmed as to leave at all
seasons a clear and unobstructed cross view; supporting members of appurtenances to
permanent buildings existing on the date this ordinance becomes effective; official
warning signs or signals; to places where the contour of the ground is such that there
can be no cross visability at the intersection; or to signs mounted ten feet or more
above ground and whose supports do not constitute an obstruction as defined in Section
1 .
Section 3. The owner of any property affected as stated in Sections 1
and 2 of this ordinance shall be required to remove such obstructions or make the nec-
essary corrections on the property affected as required by notice as follows: Such
notice shall describe the property involved, the conditions constituting the violation,
the necessary action to b e taken to correct such conditions, and the limit of time in
which the corrections must be made. No such time limit being less than five days from
the date said notice is served upon said owner. Service of notice shall be made in
person or by United States Mail, addressed to the owner of the affected premises at
his last known address.
Section 4. In the event the owner of such premises shall_f ail or refuse
to make the corrections as herein prescribed, the City Commission may, by resolution,
direct the performance of the necessary corrective measures. Upon such action, the
actual costs thereof shall be charged against the owner of the .premises and shall be-
come a lien against said property. Notice of the lien herein created shall be sub-
stantially in the same form as liens for labor and material under the laws of the State
of Washington, and shall be filed with the County Auditor of Yakima County within the
same time and shall be foreclosed and enforced in t ha same manner and time as provided
by the laws of the State of Washington for such liens. for Tabor and material, provided,
however, that no other notice shall be required other than the notices herein provided
Section 5. This ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public peace, health, welfare and safety, and an emergency is hereby declared to
exist and this ordinance shall be in full . force and effect immediately upon its passage, •
approval and publication in the manner provided by law and the city charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and apT oved this 18th day of Feb-
ruary, 19 57 .
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH ( S E A L ) JOE K. ALDERSON
CITY CLERK MAYOR
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B -2001 entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to the removal of trees, shrubbery, signs
and other obstructions which interfere with public travel; providing for notice and
for removal by the city after notice to the owner of the property affected; providing
for recovery of costs or removal by the City, and creatinga lien upon property affect-
ed as passed on the 18th day of February, 1957, and that the same has been published
as required by law.
C /Y CLERK