(a) Unless specifically authorized by the Commission or Village Administrator, no person shall intentionally damage, cut, carve, top, transplant, place soil or mulch against the trunk/root collar, or remove any tree; attach any rope, wire, nails, advertising posters, squirrel feeder, or other contrivance to any tree or shrub; allow any gaseous, liquid, or solid substance to come in contact with them; set fire or permit fire to burn when the fire or heat thereof shall injure any portion of any tree or shrub.
(b) No person shall excavate any ditches, tunnels, trenches, or alley or drive within a radius of ten (10) feet of any public tree or shrub between five-tenths to ten (0.5 - 10) inches DBH or twenty (20) feet from any public tree greater than ten (10) inches DBH without obtaining approval from the Mayor or their Agent.
(Ord. 28-23. Passed 12-11-23.)