No person, without lawful authority, shall willfully:
(A) Injure, deface, disfigure, cut, carve, transplant, remove, destroy, attach any rope, wire, nail, advertising posters, election posters or other contrivance to any tree, allow any gaseous, liquid, chemical or solid substance which is harmful to such tree to come into contact with it;
(B) Set fire to, or permit any fire to burn when such fire or the heat therefrom will injure any portion of any tree located on city-owned property; or
(C) Cause reasonably avoidable damage to the root system by excavation, trenching or tunneling. A tree protection zone shall be required for existing trees in construction areas.
(Ord. 3215, passed 1-14-2020)