Except as authorized by permit issued by the City Forester:
(a) In the erection, alteration or repair of any building, structure or other work, the owner, his agent or individual contractor shall take all measures necessary to prevent injury to public, commercial, multi-family and single family residential trees.
(b) No person shall deposit, place, store or maintain upon any treelawn or public, commercial or multi-family residential place any stone, brick, sand, concrete or other materials which may impede the free passage of water, air or nutrients to the roots of any public, commercial, multi- family or single family residential tree.
(c) No person shall intentionally damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any public, commercial or multi-family residential tree; attach a rope, wire, nails, advertising, poster or other devices to any public, commercial, multi-family or single family residential tree; allow any gaseous, liquid or solid substance which is harmful to such public, commercial or multi-family residential trees to come in contact with them; or set fire or permit any fire to burn when such fire or the heat thereof will injure any portion of any public, commercial or multi-family residential tree.
(Ord. 222-01. Passed 9-4-01; Ord. 193-02. Passed 5-20-02.)