During the erection, repair, alteration, or removal of any building, house, or structure in the city, no person in charge of such work shall leave any tree, shrub, or plant in any street, park, pleasure ground, boulevard, alley, or public place of the city in the vicinity of such building or structure without such good or sufficient guards or protectors as shall prevent injury to the tree, shrub, or plant arising out of, or by reason of, the erection, repair, alteration, or removal.
('61 Code, § 4-6.03) (Ord. 78 C.S., passed 7-7-65)