San Joaquin County Municipal Code Ch. 2 Trees, Shrubs and Other Plants

Every person except any employee of the State or of any political subdivision of the State engaged in work on any county or public road or highway while performing work under the supervision of the State or of any political subdivision of the State, who without a written permit from the Board of Supervisors wilfully or negligently cuts, destroys, mutilates, or removes any tree, shrub, fern, herb, bulb, cactus, flower, or huckleberry or redwood greens, or part of any of them, growing on any county highway right-of-way, or who removes leaf mold therefrom, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) months or by both.

(Ord. 727)

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any tree, shrub, fern, herb, bulb, cactus, flower, or greens declared by law a public nuisance.

(b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the necessary cutting or trimming of trees, shrubs, ferns, herbs, bulbs, cacti, flowers, or greens to protect or maintain an electric power line, telephone line, or other property of a public utility.

(c) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to persons engaged in logging operations or in suppressing fires.

(Ord. 727)