§ 9-2018. INJURING PLANTS PROHIBITED; PERMIT REQUIRED TO EXCAVATE OR REMOVE EARTH/ARTIFACTS OR TO SCATTER CREMATED REMAINS.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to pull or forage any flowers or fruits, whether wild or cultivated, vegetable or plant life, cut down trees or saplings, break limbs or branches of trees or bark trees, or injure shrubbery or plants, or to girdle any tree within any of the City parks, City park facilities, City lakes and ponds, City cultural and historic resources, City cemeteries, or City greenways.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to excavate any earth from any City park, City park facility, City lake or pond, City cultural and historic resource, City cemetery, or City greenways, or remove earth and artifacts therefrom, except by written authorization of the Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Department Director or the Director's designee.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any person to scatter cremated remains on or within Parks System property, except by written authorization of the City Manager or the Manager's designee.

( Code 1959 , §16-23; Ord. No. 2017-663, §1, 1-17-17 )