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I I 63 to overhang or grow above the area between his property line and the curb line of any abutting street unless such limbs and all branches and foliage thereon are kept trimmed and pruned to a minimum of eight (8) feet above the street level at the nearest curb line. (c) It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to cause a written notice to be served upon the owner or occupant of any property upon which any violation of Section 3 of this Ordinance exists to correct such condition as constitutes a violation of any of said Section within ten (10) days after serving such notice; and if such condition is not corrected or remedied or caused to be corrected or remedied by such person by the end of ten (10) days' notice, the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to cause the tree or plant or part thereof constituting such violation to be so trimmed, pruned or removed as to eliminate the prohibited condition. (e) The owner or occupant or any property who shall fail to trim, prune or remove any such tree or plant or part thereof.as required by Section 3 of this Ordinance within ten (10) days after service of such written notice by the Chief of POlice, shall be .deemed guilty of amisdemunor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than Five ($5.00) nor more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. A separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed on every day that any such tree or plant is permitted to remain after the expiration of said period of ten (10) days after the service of said notice. (f) Any nurseryman, nursery employee, or other person other than the owner or occupant of property affected by Section 3 of the Ordinance, who places or causes to be placed any tree or plant affected by said Section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than Five ($5.00) Dollars nor more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. SECTION 4. (a) The City Manager is hereby authorized to remove, or III cause to be removed, any trees or plants found between the opposite curb lines in any street in the City of San Marcos, and to trim branches, limbs or foliage of any tree or plant which overhangs or grows above the area which lies between the opposite curb lines of any street, so as to provide a minimum clearance of eight (8) feet above the street level at the curb line and so as to be graduated toward the center of the street to a clearance of