No person shall intentionally break, injure, mutilate, kill or destroy any tree, or set fire or permit any fire to burn where such fire or the heat thereof may injure any portion of any tree in any highway, park or public place. No person shall knowingly permit any leak to exist in any gas pipe or main within the root zone of any such tree; no person shall permit intentionally any toxic chemical, either solid or liquid, to seep, drain, or be emptied on or about any tree; no person shall knowingly permit any wire designed to carry current to come in contact with any such tree unless protected by approved methods; and no person shall attach any electrical insulation to any tree or shall excavate any ditch, tunnel or trench or lay any drive within a radius of four feet from any tree without first obtaining a written permit from the Service Director.
(Ord. 219-1972. Passed 10-2-72.)