No person shall plant, prune, remove, cut, climb, or injure any tree existing on any public place in the city, or authorize or procure any persons to do so, or remove or tamper with any device placed for the protection of any such tree, or attach any rope, wire, chain, sign or other device whatever either to such tree or to any device placed for the protection of such tree, or authorize or cause the same to be done, without having first obtained written permission from the arborist to do so.
(1980 Code, § 99.03) (Ord. 7241, passed 5-3-2004) Penalty, see § 99.99