No person shall fasten any horse or other animal to any tree or shrub in any street, lane, or alley, nor shall any person cause or permit any horse or other animal to stand or be near enough to any tree, plant, or shrub to bite or rub against it or in any manner injure or deface the same. Nor shall any person attach or place any rope, wire, sign, poster, handbill, or other thing or substance on any tree or shrub in any street, lane, or alley or on any guard or protection of the same. Nor shall any person remove, injure, or misuse any guard or device placed or intended to protect any tree, plant, or shrub in any park or street. Nor shall any person remove, damage, injure, or otherwise harm any tree or the root zone of a tree beneath the ground. City Code, 1927, art. 45, §178 1950, art. 35, §95 1966, art. 26, §98 1976/83, art. 26, §105 Ord. 12-154 Ord. 46-396