(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land. (R.C. § 901.51)
(B) No person, without the approval of the Mayor, shall plant any vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop in any dedicated portion of a street, highway or alley or in any park strip, park or other public grounds.
(C) The Mayor is hereby granted authority to control the planting of vines, bushes, shrubs, saplings, trees or crops for the purposes of division (B) of this section, and is further hereby granted authority to cause the cutting, trimming, or removal of any vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop on any property, public or private, which he finds to be a hazard, menace, or cause for unsafe pedestrian or vehicular travel upon the streets, highways or alleys or other public places.
(D) A person who has received notice from the Mayor to cut, trim or remove a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree or crop, shall do so within 30 days of the date of such notice.
(E) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is liable in treble damages for the injury caused. (R.C. § 901.51)
(F) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (R.C. § 901.99)
(G) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 886, § 1111.11, passed 3-18-74)