Lake Elsinore owners must keep trees trimmed back from streets and sidewalks. LEMC 5.120.110 requires an eight-foot clear space over the street or sidewalk, and the City's abatement standards add twelve-foot sidewalk and 13.5-foot roadway clearances.
Tree trimming is governed by Chapter 5.120 LEMC (Tree Preservation) and the City's abatement standards. LEMC 5.120.110 requires every owner of a tree overhanging a street or right-of-way to prune branches so they do not obstruct street lamps or intersection views, keeping an eight-foot clear space above the street or sidewalk, and to remove dead, diseased, or dangerous limbs. The City's abatement standards add that dead branches within eight feet of the ground be removed, sidewalk trees trimmed so no branch hangs below twelve feet, and roadway or driveway trees below 13.5 feet. Privately owned trees are the homeowner's responsibility; topping public street or park trees is unlawful under LEMC 5.120.100.
Failing to keep clearance or remove dead or dangerous limbs can be cited as a public nuisance under Chapter 8.18 and abated at the owner's cost. The City may itself prune trees blocking street lights, signs, or visibility (LEMC 5.120.110).
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