935.05 INJURY TO TREES.

   No person shall intentionally break, injure, mutilate, kill or destroy any tree, or set fire or permit any fire to burn where such fire or the heat thereof may injure any portion of any tree in the public right of way or in any park or public place. No person shall willingly permit any leak to exist in any gas pipe or main within the root zone of any such tree. No person shall fail to prevent any toxic chemical, either solid or liquid, from seeping or draining on or about any such tree or empty any such chemical on or about any such tree. No person shall knowingly permit any wire designed to carry current to come in contact with any such tree unless protected by approved methods. No person shall attach any electrical insulation to any tree or excavate any ditch, tunnel or trench or lay any drive within a radius of four feet from any tree in the public right of way without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the Director of Public Works.

(Ord. 1977-94. Passed 11-6-78; Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)