Injuring or trimming flora.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 701-7
in effectSec. 701-7. - Injuring or trimming flora.
(a) No person shall damage, remove, deaden, destroy, break, carve, cut, deface, trim or in any way injure or interfere with any flora that is located in or on any public street, alley, right-of-way, place or park within the city without the written consent of the division of construction and business services first obtained, except as may be necessary in an emergency to remove or abate any dangerous or unsafe condition.
(b) No person owning or controlling any public utility lines that are upon, above or below the earth's surface and are within the right-of-way of any public street, alley, right-of-way, or placein the city shall trim any flora or cause it to be trimmed or its roots to be cut or excavate below the earth's surface within drip line feet of any existing flora without first having submitted to the department a plan of the work to be done and receiving a permit therefor.
(Code 1975, § 30-7; G.O. 15, 2001, § 140; G.O. 10, 2010, § 4; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH701TRFL_S701-7INTRFLFetched: 10/27/2026