§ 7-3.13. Trees and shrubs in public places: Injury or destruction.

No person shall injure or destroy any tree or shrub in any public place or in street rights-of-way by any means, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a)

Constructing a sidewalk or otherwise filling up the ground area around any tree or shrub so as to shut off light, air, or water from the roots;

(b)

Piling building materials, equipment, or other substances around any tree or shrub;

(c)

Pouring or permitting any deleterious matter on or around any tree or shrub or on the ground around a tree or shrub; or

(d)

Attaching or placing any rope, wire, sign, poster, handbill, or other thing on any tree or shrub growing in any street right-of-way.

(§ 1, Ord. 1020, eff. June 10, 2002, § 9103-8, S.V.M.C., as added by § 1, Ord. 204, as amended by § 7, Ord. 489, eff. November 4, 1981)