§ 154.04 PROTECTION OF PUBLIC TREES.

   It shall be unlawful for anyone not acting in an official capacity to:

   (A)   Damage, cut, carve, prune or remove a public tree;

   (B)   Attach any device or structure to a public tree;

   (C)   Allow any toxic substance to harm or damage a public tree;

   (D)   Set fire to or otherwise injure by fire a public tree;

   (E)   Damage any public tree through construction activities, including excavation, placement of fill, compaction of soil or construction of any structure, street, sidewalk, driveway, pavement or public utility within the drip line of a public tree;

   (F)   Transplant a public tree; or

   (G)   Spray, inject or otherwise apply fertilizer or pesticide to a public tree.

(Prior Code, § 7-4-4) Penalty, see § 154.99