(a) Unless specifically authorized by the Street Tree Commission, no person shall intentionally damage, cut, carve, top, transplant or remove any tree; attach any rope, wire, nails, advertising posters, squirrel feeder or other contrivance on any tree or shrub, allow any gaseous, liquid or solid substance to come in contact with them, set fire or permit fire to burn when the fire or heat thereof shall injure any portion of any tree or shrub.
(b) No person shall excavate any ditches, tunnels, trenches, alley or drive, within a radius of ten feet from any public tree or shrub without obtaining approval from the Director.
(Ord. 296-2006. Passed 12-19-06.)
(c) No person or landscaping company shall apply excessive mulch “volcano mulching” to any public or street tree. (Ord. 60-2018. Passed 5-1-18.)