314.7 - TREES -- INGRESS OR EGRESS -- DRAINAGE.

        314.7  TREES -- INGRESS OR EGRESS -- DRAINAGE.         Officers, employees, and contractors in charge of improvement or      maintenance work on any highway shall not cut down or injure any tree      growing by the wayside which does not materially obstruct the      highway, or tile drains, or interfere with the improvement or      maintenance of the road, and which stands in front of any city lot,      farmyard orchard or feed lot, or any ground reserved for any public      use.  Nor shall they destroy or injure reasonable ingress or egress      to any property, or turn the natural drainage of the surface water to      the injury of adjoining owners.  It shall be their duty to use strict      diligence in draining the surface water from the public road in its      natural channel.  To this end they may enter upon the adjoining lands      for the purpose of removing from such natural channel obstructions      that impede the flow of such water.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C24, 27, § 4791; C31, 35, § 4644-c46; C39, § 4644.44; C46, §      309.44; C50, § 308A.16; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §      314.7]