§ 176-14. Interference with Superintendent or other employees.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to prevent, delay or interfere with, or cause or authorize or procure any interference or delay with, the Superintendent of Parks or any of his employees, agents or servants while they are engaged in and about the planting, cultivating, mulching, pruning, spraying or removing of any trees, plant or shrub in or upon any public high-way or public place or upon any private grounds as authorized in the previous section, or in removing any device attached to such tree, plant or shrub or in such removing of stone, cement, sidewalk or other materials or substance as may be necessary for the protection and care of any such tree, plant or shrub in accordance with the requirements set forth in § 176-4 hereof as to the area of open ground to be maintained about the base of the trunk of each tree in the public highways or other public place of the City.