No person except the City, shall plant, remove or destroy any ornamental shade tree or shrub in any public way; or plant any poplar, box elder, basswood, cottonwood, willow, soft maple, common catalpa, horse chestnut, or “ailanthus glandulosa” tree anywhere within the City without first procuring a permit from the Park Board or person designated by the Board to issue such permits.
('88 Code, Title III, Ch. 32, § 3.23) Penalty, see § 93.99