(a) Destruction or Damage to Village and/or Other Properties. No person shall upon Village property:
(1) Willfully destroy, deface, alter, change or remove any monument, stone marker, benchmark, stake, post or blaze, marking or designating boundary line, survey line or reference point.
(2) Cut, break, mark upon or otherwise injure any building, equipment, bridge, table, wall, fountain, lamp post, fence, gate, hedge or other structure.
(3) Deface, destroy, cover or remove any placard, notice or sign whether permanent or temporary, posted or exhibited within or upon park or recreation area property.
(4) Take or carry away, or attempt to take or carry away, any property without written permission of the owner thereof.
(b) Destruction of Plant Life and Natural Surroundings. No person shall upon Village property:
(1) Cut, remove or destroy any tree, sapling, seedling, bush or shrub whether dead or alive, or chip, blaze, girdle, trim or otherwise deface any tree or shrub, or break or remove any branch, foliage, flower, tree or shrub, or pick, gather, uproot, remove or destroy any flower, plant or grass whether dead or alive without permission of the Village Council or its Agent.
(2) Destroy, remove or cause to be removed any sod, earth, humus, peat, boulders, gravel or sand, fossil or any geologic object without permission of the Village Council or its Agent.
(c) Fires. No person shall upon Village property:
(1) Willfully set or cause to be set on fire any tree, woodland, brushland, grassland or meadow.
(2) Build any fire except within fireplaces, picnic grills, receptacles or open spaces approved and designated for such purpose without prior written permission of the Village Council or its Agent. No person shall maintain a fire in a place approved or designated for such purposes in a careless or negligent manner likely to endanger any person or property.
(3) Drop, throw or otherwise scatter lighted matches, burning cigars, cigarettes, tobacco paper or other flammable material within or upon Village property in a careless or negligent manner to endanger any person or property.
(Ord. 2003-8. Passed 2-9-04.)