(A) Treatment of protected trees. No tree upon any public right-of-way or public property shall be destroyed, pruned, girdled, broken, bent, wounded or have notices or signs tacked upon without the consent of the City Manager under the direction of the Tree Board.
(B) Planting of trees or shrubs. No person shall climb or walk upon the branches of a protected tree in any public right-of-way or public property while wearing spurs or other climbing attire unless such person is in the permitted act of removing or maintaining a tree. No trees or shrubs shall be planted upon any public right-of-way or public property without the consent of the City Manager. No trees shall be planted at public expense upon private property unless a public easement has been granted in a form acceptable to the city.
(Ord. 05-2011, passed 9-6-2011) Penalty, see § 98.99