Unless specifically authorized by the Forester, no person shall intentionally damage, cut, carve, transplant, or remove any tree, attach any rope, wire, nails, advertising posters, or other contrivance to any tree, allow any gaseous liquid, or solid substance which is harmful to such trees to come in contact with them, or set fire or allow any fire to burn when such fire or the heat thereof will injure any portion of any tree.
Except for the safe removal of hazardous branches and trees by electrical utilities, it shall be unlawful practice for any person to top any street tree, park tree, or other tree on public property without authorization from the City Forester. Topping is defined as severe cutting back of a branch or a stub.
[§ 20-405 amended by Ord. No. 07-02, effective March 1, 2007.]