§ 110-69. Protection of plants and animals.

(a)

No person shall throw rocks or other objects, punch with sticks or other instruments or otherwise provoke or annoy any animal in any public park.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to molest, injure or destroy foliage, plants, shrubs, flowers, trees, birds or bird nests, squirrels, or rabbits in or upon any public park, public property or the property of another, without the permission of the owner, as to private property, or the mayor or designee, as to the property of the city.

(c)

Any person in violation of subsection (b) above, where said violation occurs on any public park, shall be subject to the provisions of Code section 110-56. Any person in violation of subsection (b) above, where said violation occurs on any other public property, other than a public park, shall be responsible for fully reimbursing the city for the cost of repairing or replacing the damaged plants, and shall be subject to the penalties of City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances section 1-8.

(Code 1977, §§ 10-2018, 17-1005; Ord. No. 2003-112, § 6, 12-9-03)

Cross reference

Animals, ch. 18; vegetation, ch. 158.