A claim to remedy a safety hazard and/or obstruction of views from or sunlight to a neighboring property from hedges that are located in front, side and/or rear yards shall consist of all of the following:

                (a)           Completion and submittal of a hedge height claim form by the owner of the impacted property, including a description of the nature and extent of the alleged safety hazard, view and/or sunlight obstruction. Evidence may include, but is not limited to, documented and dated photographic prints, negatives, slides and written testimony from residents living in the area. Such evidence must show the extent to which the view and/or sunlight access has been obstructed by trees and/or vegetation.

                (b)           Five sets of a dimensioned plot plan that specifies the scale of the drawing and shows the property boundary, adjacent streets and alleys, and the locations of all hedges alleged to cause a safety hazard, view and/or sunlight obstruction, including the address of the property upon which any hedges are located.

                (c)           Five sets of photographic prints showing the alleged hedge impacts as photographed from the impacted property.

                (d)           Evidence that the complainant has discussed their concerns of safety, or view and/or sunlight obstruction with the property owner of the claimed offending vegetation, and such attempt at resolution has failed. Evidence may include, but is not limited to, written summaries of conversations, copies of letters, and receipts for certified or registered mail correspondence.

                (e)           A public hearing noticing list of all property owners within a one hundred foot radius of the vegetation owner’s property, including a radius map and addressed, stamped envelopes with the city of Laguna Beach return address. The list must be compiled by a professional listing service, in the format described on the hedge height claim application, and submitted directly to the city prior to filing a hedge height claim.

                (f)            A processing fee, as established by city council resolution. (Ord. 1547 § 1, 2011).