The following rules and regulations shall apply in all areas designated natural preserves within the township.
(A) Property.
(1) Trees, shrubbery, lawns.
(a) No person shall willfully damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any tree or plant or injure the bark of any tree or plant, or attach any rope, wire or other contrivance to any tree or plant in an area designated a natural preserve; and
(b) No person shall climb any tree, or walk, stand, or sit upon railings, fences or upon any other property not designated or customarily used for such purposes within an area designated a natural preserve.
(2) Wild animals, birds and the like.
(a) No person shall attempt to harm or injure, kill, shoot or throw missiles at any animal, reptile or bird; no person shall remove or have in his or her possession, give away, sell or offer to sell, or buy or offer to buy, or accept as a gift, any animal, reptile or bird in an area designated a natural preserve; and
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to feed, or attempt to feed any animal or bird any known noxious substances in an area designated a natural preserve.
(B) Sanitation.
(1) Pollution of waters. It shall be unlawful to throw, discharge or otherwise place or cause to be placed in the waters of any pond, lake, stream or other body of water in or adjacent to any area designated a natural preserve or any tributary, stream, storm sewer or drain flowing into such waters, any substance, matter or thing, liquid or solid, which will result in the pollution of the waters.
(2) Refuse and trash. No person shall throw or deposit litter, refuse or trash in any area designated a natural preserve within the township except in public receptacles and in a manner that the refuse and trash will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of the natural preserve or upon any street or public place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all litter, refuse and trash shall be carried away from the natural preserve by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere in accordance with the laws of the township and the state. No person shall dump, deposit or leave in any natural preserve any bottles, broken glass, ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage or refuse or other trash.
(C) Behavior.
(1) Domestic animals. No person shall allow a dog, horse or any other domestic animal to enter an area designated a natural preserve.
(2) Fires. Its shall be unlawful for any person to build or attempt to build a fire in an area designated a natural preserve. No person shall drop, throw or otherwise scatter lighted matches, burning cigarettes or cigars, tobacco, paper or other flammable material within any area designated a natural preserve.
(3) Vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or attempt to enter an area designated a natural preserve with a bicycle, motorcycle, car or any other vehicle.
(Prior Code, § XII-3.03) Penalty, see § 153.99