(A) Generally. No person may plant, remove, alter, destroy, cut, or disturb any public tree within the city without permission from the city.
(B) Abuse or mutilation of public trees. No person shall damage, transplant, top, remove, or mutilate any public tree. DAMAGE may include, but is not limited to, the following: posting signs with nails, staples, screws, or other devices, hanging wires of any kind, vehicle damage, weed whip, lawn mower damage, stripping bark off the tree, and poison or toxin applications.
(C) Protection of public trees near construction activities. Any public tree in the immediate vicinity of any excavation, demolition, or construction site of any building, structure, street, or utilities work which has potential for injury, shall be protected from injury by the person responsible for carrying out the construction activities.
(Ord. 98, passed 9-14-2021; Ord. passed 11-14-2023) Penalty, see § 92.99