1. Attach any sign, notice or other object to any tree or fasten any wires, cables, nails or screws to any tree in a manner that could prove harmful to the tree;

2. Pour any material on any tree or on nearby ground which could be harmful to the tree;

3. Cause or encourage any fire or burning near or around any tree;

4. Pile building material, stockpile dirt, or equipment around any tree so as to cause injury thereto;

5. Top evergreen conifer trees;

6. Prune or limb a tree which results in the loss of that tree or violates the intent and purpose of the tree as stated in LMC 17.15.030(G);

7. Violate any term or condition of a tree removal permit.

1. A protective barrier shall be placed around the protected trees prior to land preparation or construction activities, and shall remain in place until all construction activity is terminated. No equipment, chemicals, soil deposits or construction materials shall be placed within the protective barriers. Any landscaping activities subsequent to the removal of the barriers shall be accomplished with light machinery or hand labor.

2. Tree protection barriers shall be a minimum of four feet high, constructed of chain link, polyethylene laminar safety fencing or similar material, subject to approval by the city.

3. The director is authorized to require any measures necessary to protect significant trees during construction. Further tree preservation procedures may be established in the tree preservation and protection guidelines adopted pursuant to LMC 17.15.060. (Ord. 2481 § 4, 2004)