It is unlawful for any person to cut, girdle, trim, top, disfigure, remove, destroy or in any manner injure or to cause to be cut, girdled, trimmed, topped, disfigured, removed, destroyed or in any manner injured or to aid or assist in cutting, girdling, trimming, topping, disfiguring, removing, destroying or in any manner injuring a tree, shrub or plant growing or standing upon any street sidewalk, lane, alley or public park or place within the town without first having obtained a written permit from the Town Council to do so.
(Prior Code, § 12.44.010)