905.07 GENERAL TREE REGULATIONS.

   (a)   Injury to Trees Prohibited. No person shall, without the written permission from the Safety-Service Director in the case of a public tree, do or cause to be done to others, any of the following acts:

      (1)   Secure, fasten or run any rope, wire, sign or other device or material to, around, or through a tree.

      (2)   Break, injure, mutilate, deface, kill or destroy or permit any fire to burn where it will injure any tree.

      (3)   Permit any toxic chemical, gas, smoke, brine, oil or other injurious substance to seep, drain or to be emptied upon or about any tree.

      (4)   Excavate any ditch or trench in such a manner as to adversely affect the health of a tree or damage the root system.

      (5)   Erect, alter, repair or raze any building or structure without placing suitable guards around all nearby trees which may be injured or defaced by or where said injury or defacement may arise out of, in connection with or by reason of such operation. Quality of said guard shall be determined by the Safety-Service Director.

      (6)   Knowingly permit any uninsulated electric transmission or distribution wires to come in prolonged contact with any public tree.

      (7)   Remove any guard, stake, or other device or material intended for the protection of any public tree or close or obstruct any open space about the base of a public tree designed to permit access of air, water and fertilizer.

   (b)   Moving Trees. All moving of trees upon any public place in this City made necessary by the moving, construction or razing of a building or structure by any other private enterprise shall be done under the supervision of the Safety-Service Director at the expense of the applicant. Such applicant, as one of the conditions of obtaining such permission, shall deposit with the City such sum in cash as the Safety-Service Director may determine and specify to cover all the costs of moving and replacement thereof; provided, however, that in lieu of such cash deposit the Safety-Service Director may, at his discretion, accept a good and sufficient bond in like amount conditioned upon the payment of all the costs of such moving and replacing.
(Ord. 32-94. Passed 5-16-94.)