(a) No person shall permit any natural or artificial gas, salt, brine, water, oil, liquid dye or any other substances deleterious to trees to come in contact with the soil surrounding the roots of any tree upon any public place in this City in such a manner as to kill, injure, deface, destroy or affect the growth of such trees.
(b) Appropriate care of trunk flare zone.
(1) No person shall permit any mulch, soil or other landscape material to come in contact with the tree trunk or be placed within three inches of the trunk flare zone of any tree upon any public place.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 29-14. Passed 7-20-2014.)