5-1-3: TREES AND SHRUBBERY:
   A.   Trimming Trees: Any owner or occupant of any real property shall trim all trees on property owned or occupied by him, overhanging the sidewalks, streets or alleys, so that the branches thereon will not interfere with pedestrians or public travel. (1990 Code §9-201)
   B.   Hedges And Shrubbery: Any owner or occupant of any real property shall trim all hedges and shrubbery adjacent to public sidewalks so that no part of said hedges and/or shrubbery shall extend over any part of a public sidewalk in the City. (1990 Code §9-202)
   C.   Injury To Trees Or Shrubbery: It is hereby declared unlawful for any person, not the owner thereof, or without lawful authority to do so, to wilfully injure, deface, disfigure or destroy any fruit, and/or ornamental tree or shrub, or to injure, destroy, cut or pick any flower or plant growing, standing, or being either on private ground or any street, parking, public park or place within the City. (1990 Code §9-203)
   D.   Trees Outside Property Line: The City Council is hereby given full and complete control over all trees growing within the confines of the limits of the City which are outside the property lines of the respective lots, plots and tracts. (1990 Code §9-204)