(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to write on, cut, mutilate, deface, damage, remove, or destroy in any manner any building, equipment, structure, fountain, fence, bench, masonry, statue, ornament, or any other property, real or personal, or any appurtenances thereto, owned or operated by the city or its Department of Parks and Recreation, and located upon or in any park, playground, or any other place or property under the control of the Department. It shall be unlawful to damage, remove, or destroy any property leased or loaned to or by the Department, including any property on which a concession has been granted by such Department, or belonging to any person and rightfully upon park property.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not an employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation, or who is not authorized to do so by the Department, to pull, pluck, break, plant, trample, climb into, injure, mutilate, remove, or destroy any tree, shrub, plant, vine, hedge, flower, or fruit, whether wild or cultivated, or to cut, break down, bend, damage the bark, or trim any sapling, tree, shrub, or plant, or cut any limbs, branches, twigs, or leaves thereof, that is growing and located in any public park, street, tree row, or playground, or on any property controlled, leased, or loaned to others by the Department or on which a concession has been granted by it, or on any other property outside a park and which is under the control of supervision of the Department of Parks and Recreation.
(Res. 1-1978, passed 4-10-78; Am. Ord. 4, 2017, passed 6-5-17) Penalty, see 10.99