Trees / Mowing State Statutes

NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS PLEASE BE ADVISED PER STATE STATUTES:

39-308

Removal of traffic hazards; determined by local road authority; violation; penalty. IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO REMOVE FROM PROPERTY ANY TREE, PLANT, SHRUB, OR OTHER OBSTRUCTION, OR PART THEREOF, WHICH OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW OF ANY DRIVER, CONSTITUTES A TRAFFIC HAZARD. Failure of the property owner to remove such obstruction within 10 days of notice from local road authority constitutes a Class V misdemeanor, and every day such owner fails to remove it shall be a separate offense.

39-1811

Provides: IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE LANDOWNERS IN THIS STATE TO MOW ALL WEEDS THAT CAN BE MOWED WITH THE ORDINARY FARM MOWER TO THE MIDDLE OF ALL PUBLIC ROADS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES RUNNING ALONG THEIR LANDS AT LEAST TWICE EACH YEAR, NAMELY, BEFORE JULY 15 AND SOMETIME IN AUGUST FOR THE SECOND TIME.

39-1812

Hedges & trees; trimming; DUTIES OF LANDOWNERS . Each landowner in this state upon whose land there is standing or growing any osage orange, willow or locust hedge fence, trees, or undergrowth, bordering the public roads, when such fence, trees, or undergrowth become a public nuisance to travel on the roads, or obstruct the view at or near railroad crossings, crossroads or abrupt turns in the road, shall keep the same trimmed not less than once a year by cutting back to within four feet of the ground, excepting trees, which shall be trimmed from the ground up eight feet, and the trimmings so cut shall be burned or removed from the road right-of-way within ten days after each cutting.

NOTICE OF STATE STATUTES GIVEN BY ORDER OF THE GAGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT AND THE TOWNSHIP BOARDS OF GAGE COUNTY.

Thank you,
Gage County Highway Superintendent