(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any tree on his or her premises or on the tree lawn immediately abutting their premises to become in such a state of growth that any limb is low enough to strike or brush against any vehicle passing thereunder and/or to strike or brush against any pedestrian walking thereunder.
(B) Except as required by division (A), it shall be unlawful for a person to willfully damage a tree in the tree lawn by chemical or physical means, including but not limited to girdling. It shall also be unlawful for a person to prune, remove, cut above or below ground or otherwise disturb more than 10% of any tree or to plant a tree, on a tree lawn, municipally owned property or along any public way or to employ, encourage or direct any other person to prune, remove, cut above or below ground, or otherwise disturb more than 10% of any or to plant a tree, on a tree lawn, municipally owned property or along any public way, without first filing an application and procuring a permit from the Clerk- Treasurer. No fee shall be charged to secure the permit. A permit shall not be issued to remove a tree unless the tree is determined by an unauthorized representative of the North Manchester Tree Advisory Commission, to be diseased, dead or dangerous to person or property.
(Prior Code, Title III, Ch. X, Art. I) (Ord. passed 8-1-2007; Ord. 10, 2013, passed 11-6-2013) Penalty, see § 151.99