We have a beautiful city filled with diverse landscapes. Many of our residential areas have large, established trees and we can appreciate our resident's  desires for attractive looking yards and neighborhoods. However, trees overhanging streets and alleys can cause damage to large vehicles like emergency equipment, delivery trucks and school buses. Low tree branches can make it difficult to walk along sidewalks or to see around corners when driving. For these reasons there are height requirements to keep in mind when planting and maintaining landscapes.

Trees along streets and alleys must be trimmed to above 14 feet over these surfaces. In addition, branches of trees and bushes planted along alleys must be trimmed one foot back from the concrete surface, into the easement. Trees overhanging sidewalks must be trimmed to above seven (7) feet over the concrete surface. Bushes planted along sidewalks should be kept flush with the pavement. It is important that trees and bushes planted at intersections, alley entrances and in public right of ways, be trimmed so that foliage does not block the view between 2 1/2 feet and 9 feet above street grade.

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