(A) Destruction or misuse of property and structures. No person shall, upon or in connection with any property of the District:
(1) Remove, take, deface, mutilate, or destroy any property, equipment, improvement, sign, building or other construction owned by the District in or upon any land owned by the District;
(2) Take, appropriate, excavate, injure, destroy, or remove any historical or prehistorical ruin or parts thereof, or any object of antiquity, without written permission of the District;
(3) Throw, carry, cast, drag, push, or deposit any refuse container, picnic table, barricade, or any other moveable or non-moveable property into any lake, pond, slough, stream, or lagoon, or upon frozen waters thereof or to otherwise move, stack, or hide such property in such a way as to render it unavailable to the general public for its intended use, to cause a hazard to public safety or to damage or destroy such property;
(4) Occupy or inhabit, or cause to be occupied or inhabited, any house, barn, shelter, shed, or other structure or use for any storage, or cause to be used for the storage of any goods any house, barn, shelter, shed, or other structure without approval of the Board and written permission of the District;
(5) (a) Enter into or upon any preserves or waters or areas thereof or structure closed or posted against trespass, without written permission of the District.
(b) These structures or areas may be, but not be limited to, employee residences or their immediately surrounding area, construction areas, work safety zones, equipment or material storage structures or areas, workshops or stations, tree nurseries, or areas under going intensive reforestation or other soil vegetative treatment or areas hazardous to the public safety or health;
(6) Tamper with in any way, climb, or enter upon, damage, or remove anything from any District vehicle, watercraft, machine, or implement without written permission of the District; and/or
(7) Misuse any refuse container or receptacle by depositing into it any hot coals or any other hot or burning substances; or by depositing into it any garbage, trash, refuse, or other unwanted material that was not generated on the site in the course of normal, lawful use of forest preserve facilities.
(B) Destruction or misuse of natural resources. No person shall upon or in connection with any property of the District:
(1) Cut, remove, uproot, or wantonly destroy any tree, sapling, seedling, bush, shrub, flower, or plant, whether alive or dead, or chip, blaze, box, girdle, trim, or otherwise deface or injure any tree, shrub, or bush, or break or remove any branch or foliage thereof, or pick or gather any seed of any tree or other plant without the written permission of the District;
(2) Remove or cause to be removed any sod, humus, downed timber, wood chips, peat, rock, sand, or gravel, or remove or cause to be removed any other natural material of the forest floor or earth without written permission of the District;
(3) Hunt, pursue, trap, capture, catch, molest, poison, wound, or kill, or attempt to hunt, trap, capture, catch, molest, poison, wound, or kill any invertebrate animal, mammal or bird, or reptile or amphibian without written permission of the District;
(4) Fish in any waters of the District posted against fishing or by using a bow and arrow, spear, or slingshot; or with any device using more than two hooks per line, or any net seine or trap, or with attended or unattended lines during the hours that forest preserves are closed as defined by provisions of this subchapter, or in violation of any applicable laws of the state as administered by the Conservation Department thereof or in violation of any regulations or restrictions posted by the District controlling the size, species, and number of fish that can be taken from a designated body of water;
(5) Release or cause to be released any wild, domestic, or pet animal, bird, fish, or reptile, or bring in or plant or distribute the seeds or spores of any flowering or non-flowering plant brought into or upon District lands, or waters from any outside source whatsoever, without written permission of the District;
(6) Use or cause to be used any chemical or biological pesticide, or any other substance, measure, or process designed to alter the anatomy or physiology of any organism for the purpose of directly manipulating their populations without written permission of the District and then only in compliance with all applicable laws of the state and the United States;
(7) Drive or cause to be driven, or allow to enter on District property any livestock to graze or browse without written permission of the District; and/or
(8) Deposit, dump, throw, cast, lay, or place, nor cause to be deposited, dumped, thrown, cast, laid, or placed any ashes, trash, rubbish, paper, garbage, refuse, debris, or junk.
(C) Contraband. All animals, plants, birds, fish or reptiles, or parts thereof, killed, captured, trapped, or taken or brought, sold, or bartered, or had in possession contrary to any provision of this subchapter or applicable laws of the state shall be, and are hereby declared contraband and as such, shall be subject to seizure by any ranger, ranger police, caretaker, or employee of the District, or by any duly sworn peace officer.
(D) Destruction by or misuse of fire. No person shall upon or in connection with any property of the District:
(1) Set fires, or cause to be set on fire any tree, forest, brush land, grassland, meadow, prairie, marsh, slash, refuse, refuse container, or structure;
(2) Build a fire anywhere for any purpose, except in provided fireplaces, or provided or privately owned fire receptacles, without written permission from the District;
(3) Build a fire or cause a fire to start in or out of a receptacle close to or in any structure whatsoever, or close to any tree or other plants in such a way as to deface, damage, or destroy that structure or scar, injure, or destroy any tree or plants, or their foliage;
(4) Drop, throw away, or scatter any burning, lighted or hot coals, ashes, cigarette, cigar, firecracker, or match; and/or
(5) (a) Build any fire whatsoever for any purpose in or out of a receptacle or fireplace and leave it unattended, unless such fire is properly extinguished.
(b) For the purpose of this subchapter, a fire shall be deemed properly extinguished when its ashes, residue, coals, and unburned substance is cold to human touch.
(Prior Code, § 8-1-2)