Damage to trees, plants etc.
49 Damage to trees, plants etc.
A person must not, without a permit:
(a) interfere with or damage a tree, plant, garden or grassed area or cause anything to be done so that it may become damaged or destroyed;
(b) cut, break, remove or disturb a tree, shrub, stem, branch or root of a living tree, shrub or plant; or
plant a tree, shrub or plant,
in a public place.
Penalty: $3 000.
(2) Clause (1) does not prevent the owner or occupier of land that abuts a footpath or naturestrip from pruning or otherwise maintaining a tree, shrub or plant or maintaining or mowing grass planted on the footpath or naturestrip unless the council directs otherwise.
(3) A person must not, without a permit, pick, pluck or take a bud, flower or other part of a tree, shrub or plant in a public place.
Penalty: $3 000.
A person must not, in a public place:
drive, tow or propel a motor vehicle or other vehicle; or
ride, drive or lead an animal,
in a manner that causes or permits it to cause damage to a tree, shrub, plant, garden or an area of grass in the public place, or to council property situated on or affixed to the public place.
Penalty: $3 000.
An offence against this by-law is a regulatory offence.
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