No person in possession of property as either owner or tenant thereof, except as otherwise provided in and by Chapter 157, Article I, and Chapter 263 of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon, shall erect, construct, install, plant, grow or maintain on any property located at the intersection of avenues, streets or alleys, any fence, post, hedge, shrubbery or trees that exceed four feet in height above the nearest ledge of such intersecting avenue, street or alley, or any tree of which any branch shall be lower at any point than seven feet above the said level of such avenue, street or alley, to the end that persons driving vehicles upon either of such intersecting avenues, streets or alleys shall have an unobstructed view across the corner part of said premises of at least 20 feet measured from the intersecting corner of said avenues, streets or alleys in either direction.
[Amended 2-9-2005; approved 2-10-2005]
Any person violating any of the provisions of Part 4 of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to the following punishment:
A.Â
For the first offense, a fine of not more than $200.
B.Â
For the second offense within one year, a fine of not less than $200
nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not less than five nor more
than 15 days.
C.Â
The third or any subsequent offense within one year may be punishable
by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment not exceeding 150
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
