(a) Unless specifically authorized by the Director of Service and Safety, no person shall intentionally damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any public tree; or attach any rope, wire, nail, advertising poster or other contrivance to any public tree; or allow any gaseous, liquid or solid substance which is harmful to such trees to come in contact with them; or set fire or permit any fire to burn when such a fire or the heat thereof will injure any portion of any tree.
(b) No person shall excavate any ditch, tunnel or trench or lay any drive within ten feet of a public tree without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the Director of Service and Safety.
(c) A person excavating or constructing a building or structure near a public tree shall construct a substantial fence, frame or box to guard such tree and shall keep all building materials, dirt or other debris outside such barrier.
(d) No person shall deposit, place, store or maintain upon any public place in the City, any stone, brick, sand, concrete or other material which may impede the free passage of water, air and fertilizer to the roots of a tree growing therein except by written permission of the Director of Service and Safety. (Ord. 75-56. Passed 8-12-75.)
(e) Flat topping of any public trees is hereby prohibited.
(Ord. 98-49. Passed 6-23-98.)