(a) Unless issued a written permit by the Planning and Zoning Administrator, no person shall attach any rope, wire, nails, advertising poster, or other contrivance to any tree on Municipally owned property. No person shall permit any fire to burn where such fire or heat therefrom, or heat from any source will injure any portion of any tree on Municipally owned property. No person shall use herbicides or other chemicals on any trees, shrubs or evergreens on Municipally owned property.
(b) No person shall hinder, prevent, or interfere with the agents or employees of the Municipality while the agents or employees are engaged in planting, maintaining, or removing any tree, shrub, evergreen, or other plant material on Municipally owned property.
(c) No person shall excavate any ditch, tunnel, trench, or lay any drive within a radius of ten (10) feet or within the drip line whichever is greater from any tree, shrub, evergreen, or other plant material standing on any Municipally owned property without first obtaining a permit from the Planning and Zoning Administrator.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to break, deface, injure, mutilate, kill, or destroy any tree, shrub, or evergreen on any Municipally owned property. A replacement fee will be assessed by the Planning and Zoning Administrator.
(e) Removal of Stumps. All stumps of street trees shall be removed twelve (12) inches below the surface of the ground. Stumps shall be removed or shall be ground at the site. All residual material shall be removed from the site at the time the tree is removed and the site shall be restored.