No person shall abuse, destroy, or mutilate any tree, shrub, or plant in a public street or in any public place, or attach or place any rope or wire (other than one used for a young or broken tree), sign, poster, handbill, or other thing to or on any tree growing in a public street or in any public place, or cause or permit any wire charged with electricity to come in contact with any such tree, or allow any gaseous, liquid, or solid substance which is harmful to such a tree to come in contact with the roots or leaves thereof.
(Prior Code, § 1022.06) (Ord. 82-3, passed 4-12-1982) Penalty, see § 90.99