Hello. I have a pōhutukawa on the corner of my property that is close to touching the street's power lines. Wellington Electricity say it's not touching them yet (just the telco lines) but it's getting close. I have asked the council about them trimming it, and they sent the above photo saying that because the majority of the tree is on my side of the property boundary, according to the aerial photo, the tree is the responsibility of the home owner to maintain.
Do I have any recourse to challenge that? The photo is of course only looking at the canopy, not the trunk. I have not had a survey done or found any survey pegs, but my best guess is that the tree is either 50% on both sides, or slightly more on the council side.
Should I ask them to come and look at it? Or offer to split the difference with the council 50:50? How much roughly would a surveyor cost, if that's the best way to go about it?
Thank you.