No person shall plant any tree or bush in any public place, street, or parkway without having secured a permit therefor. Applications for permits shall be made to the Village Clerk and shall be referred by him or her to the Public Works Director before issuance. All trees and shrubs so planted shall be placed subject to the directions and approval of the Public Works Director.
No person shall remove or cut down any tree or shrub in any public place without having secured a permit therefor. Applications for permits shall be made to the Village Clerk and shall be referred to the Village Board before issuance.
No person shall injure any tree or shrub planted or growing in any public place.
No person shall attach any sign, advertisement, or notice to any tree or shrub in any public place.
A. 
Any tree or shrub which overhangs any sidewalk, street, or other public place in the Village in a way which impedes or interferes with traffic or travel shall be trimmed by the owner of the abutting premises or of the premises on which the tree or shrub grows so that the obstruction shall cease.
B. 
Any tree or limb of a tree which is likely to fall on or across any public place or way shall be removed by the owner of the premises on which the tree grows or stands.
C. 
The Public Works Director may trim any tree or shrub or remove any tree or branch thereof so that obstruction or danger to traffic or passage is removed.
A. 
No person shall attach any wire or rope to any tree or shrub in any public street, parkway, or other public place without the permission of the Village Board.
B. 
Any person or company who or which maintains poles and wires in the streets, alleys, or other public places shall, in the absence of provision in the franchise concerning the subject, keep the wires and poles free from and away from any trees and shrubs in such places if possible. He or she shall keep all the trees and shrubs near the wires and poles properly trimmed, subject to the supervision of the Public Works Director, so that no injury shall be caused to the poles or wires or to the shrubs and trees.
Any person or company maintaining any gas pipe in the Village shall keep the pipes free from leaks so that no injury shall be caused to any trees or shrubs.
In making excavations in streets or other public places, proper care shall be taken to avoid injury to the roots of any tree or shrub wherever possible.