(A) No person, except the city, shall plant, remove or destroy any ornamental shade tree or shrub in any public highway or public place without first procuring a permit from the City Manager or his or her designee.
(B) No person shall cut, mutilate, remove, saw or trim any tree within any public highway or public place in the city to make room for any telegraph, telephone or electric lines, moving buildings or machinery or other things or for repairing sidewalks without first procuring a permit from the City Manager or his or her designee.
(C) If required under the provisions of the city street tree and stump removal policy, the owner or occupant shall pay the amount due for a replacement tree as approved by the Council in the annual appropriations ordinance.
(1978 Code, § 33-8; Ord. No. 359, § 5, 1-2-02)