§ 70-8. Abuse or mutilation of public trees or shrubs.

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Unless specifically authorized by the tree board, or exempted herein, no person shall intentionally damage, cut, carve, transplant, or remove any tree or shrub in a public area; attach nails, signs, advertising posters, or other contrivance to any tree or shrub in a public area; allow any gas, liquid or solid substance which is harmful to such trees or shrubs to come in contact with them; or set fire or permit any fire to burn when such fire, or the heat thereof, will injure any portion of any tree or shrub in a public area. Exempted from this chapter are public utilities providing electrical service within the town who prune or cut trees or vegetation around electrical lines and fixtures to protect said lines and fixtures from damage from trees and vegetation.

(Code 2001, § 22-6)

                    
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