(A) It shall be unlawful to plant any tree or bush in any public street or parkway or other public place, without having secured a permit therefor. Application for such permits shall be made to the City Clerk and referred by him or her to the Director of Public Services before issuance. All trees and shrubs so planted shall be placed subject to the direction and the approval of the Director. No rock gardens, boulders, benches, or fences shall be built or maintained in any parkway.
(B) It shall be unlawful to remove or cut down any tree or shrub in any such public place without having secured written permission from the Director of Public Services.
(C) It shall be unlawful to injure any tree or shrub planted or growing in any public place.
(D) It shall be unlawful to attach any sign, advertisement, or notice to any tree or shrub in any public place.
(E) Any tree or shrub which overhangs any sidewalk, street, or other public place in the city in such a way as to impede or interfere with traffic or travel, or within ten feet of a street or seven feet of a sidewalk level, shall be trimmed by the owner of the premises abutting or of the premises on which such tree or shrub grows so that the obstruction shall cease.
(1) Any tree or limb of a tree which has become likely to fall on or across any public way or place shall be removed by the owner of the premises on which such tree grows or stands.
(2) The Director of Public Services may trim any such tree or shrub or remove any such tree or branch thereof so that the obstruction or danger to traffic or passage shall be done away with.
(Prior Code, § 96.11) (Ord. 60-1, passed 12-19-1960) Penalty, see § 96.99