A. To provide reasonable regulations for the control of the hazards of personal injury and property damage resulting from uncontrolled growth of trees, stumps and shrubs;

B. To prevent the diminution in enjoyment and value of private property caused by the growth of trees, shrubs or hedges that unreasonably obstruct the view from or sunlight reaching such property;

C. To establish the right of persons to preserve views or sunlight that existed at the time their property was purchased from Unreasonable Obstruction by the growth of trees, shrubs, and hedges.

D. To promote and maintain the assessed values of private property for tax purposes;

E. To promote and maintain the aesthetic value of the community generally;

F. To encourage informal resolution of tree/view/ sunlight disputes between neighbors, to provide guidelines for such resolution, and to provide alternative remedies in those situations where neighbors are unable to resolve their dispute themselves. The City encourages the affected neighbors to make every attempt to resolve the issue in a timely, neighborly and amicable manner;

G. To encourage prompt efforts to resolve tree/view/ sunlight complaints, in the interests of providing reasonable notice to the tree owner of a potential or existing view or sunlight obstruction and minimizing the work required to correct such obstruction. (Ord. 2016-11 § 2, 2016; Ord. 98-8 § 1, 1998.)