§ 520.060. Abuse or Mutilation of Public Trees.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person to damage or mutilate any public tree, including the following:
    Cutting, carving, or breaking of limbs or bark; transplanting or digging around tree roots; picking or cutting of flowers, fruits, or foliage; attaching of wires, ropes, or other contrivances; conducting of electric current through trees; allowing solid, liquid, or gaseous substances harmful to trees to come into contact with trees or their root systems.
R.O. 2010 §520.060; CC 1975 §1121.29; 2nd Ser. Ord. No. 34 §9, 11-5-1973; Ord. No. 487 §1, 9-18-1995