Larkspur Municipal Code Ch. 12.08 Gum Trees

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to plant, or cause to be grown, or to suffer or permit to remain upon any lot or premises within the corporate limits of the City, and within forty (40) feet of any public sewer laid in any street, alley, avenue, or other thoroughfare, or right-of-way any gum tree; and the planting, growing and existence of any such gum tree within forty (40) feet of any such public sewer is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. (Ord. 1030 § 2(9), 2018; Ord. 853 § 5 (part), 1993; Ord. 42 § 1, 1911)

It is hereby made the duty of the Public Works Director to abate or to cause to be abated any and all nuisances which may exist within the City, as defined by this chapter, whether the same exists upon any of the public streets, avenues, lanes, thoroughfares or sewer right-of-way, or upon any lot or premises within the City. (Ord. 1069 § 12, 2023; Ord. 1030 § 2(9), 2018; Ord. 42 § 2, 1911)

Every person, firm or corporation who for three (3) days after notice in writing from the Public Works Director to remove, or cause to be removed from their lot or premises or destroy, or cause to be destroyed any gum and all gum trees and roots thereof within forty (40) feet distance of any public sewer in the City, fails or neglects to remove the same is guilty of a misdemeanor, and such failure and neglect is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 1069 § 12, 2023; Ord. 1062 § 14, 2022; Ord. 1030 § 2(9), 2018; Ord. 42 § 3, 1911)

Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as specified in Larkspur Municipal Code Section 9.24.070. (Ord. 1069 § 2, 2023; Ord. 1030 § 2(9), 2018; Ord. 723 § 11, 1985; Ord. 42 § 4, 1911)