Ordinance 2887CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 2887
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUICIPAL CODE BY
REPLACING SUBSECTION 23-3 (ALLOWING BRANCHES
TO EXTEND OVER SIDEWALKS), OF SECTION 23-3 (TREES AN SHRUBBERY)
OF CHAPTER XXIII (PARS, RECREATION ARAS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY)
BE IT ORDAIND by the City Council ofthe City of Alameda that:
Section 1 . The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by replacing subsection 23-
3 (Allowing Branches to Extend Over Sidewalks), of Subsection 23-3 (Trees and Shrbbery),
of Chapter XXIII (Parks , Recreation Areas and Public Propert) thereof to read:
23-Trees and Shrbbery.
23-3 Trees , Plants , Shrbs that Extend into or Over Sidewalks and Streets.
All persons owning real property in the City of Alameda are responsible for keeping
trees , plants , and shrbs which originate on their property from encroaching into the public right-
of-way, from impeding pedestrian or vehicle traffic , or from obscuring traffc control devices.
Property owners are responsible for maintaining a minimum eight (8) foot vertical
clearance over the width of the sidewalk which abuts their property. Property owners are also
responsible for maintaining a minimum vertical clearance of thirteeri (13) feet , six (6) inches
over any street adjacent to their property as measured from one (1) foot , six (6) inches from the
(3 face ofthe curb.
Section 2 . This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration
of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage.
Presiding Offce of the City Council
Attest:
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City Clerk
the undersigned , hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in the adjourned regular meeting
assembled on the 6 day of November, 2002 by the following vote to wit:
AYES:Councilmembers Daysog, Jolmson , Kerr, and Acting
Mayor DeWitt - 4.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:None.
ABSTENTIONS:None.
IN WITNESS , WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
day of November, 2002.
Lara Weisiger, City
City of Alameda