(1) 
No person, maliciously or wantonly, shall damage or destroy any flower, bush, shrub, or tree standing or growing upon the property of another.
(2) 
It is a violation of this code for anyone, without authority from the city to do so, to abuse, destroy, or mutilate any tree, shrub, or plant in a public place, or publicly owned signs or poles, to attach or place any rope or wire, sign, poster, handbill, or other thing to or upon any tree in a public place or publicly owned sign or pole.
(3) 
The offenses specified in subsections (1) and (2) are punishable as violations and may include a fine not exceeding $720.00 pursuant to SMC section 1.205.
[Section 5.262 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]
(1) 
No person within the city shall interfere with or in any way to injure or destroy any newly constructed cement sidewalk, crosswalk, curb, or gutter or any cement or concrete work of any kind in any building, foundation, or other structure, except on premises over which the person has lawful control.
(2) 
No person within the city shall walk upon or to place any object of any kind upon any sidewalks, crosswalk, curb, gutter, building, foundation, or any cement work above enumerated while the same is under construction and while in that state known among cement workers as “green” and before the same is “set” and ready for use or travel.
(3) 
The offenses specified in subsections (1) and (2) are punishable as violations and may include a fine not exceeding $720.00 pursuant to SMC section 1.205.
[Section 5.264 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]
No person shall willfully deface or tear down any official notice or bulletin posted in conformity with law. The above offense is also punishable as a violation and may include a fine not exceeding $720.00 pursuant to SMC section 1.205.
[Section 5.266 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]
No person shall affix a placard, bill, or poster upon any personal or real property, private or public, without first obtaining permission of the owner or proper public authority to do so. The above offense is also punishable as a violation and may include a fine not exceeding $720.00 pursuant to SMC section 1.205.
[Section 5.268 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]
No person shall obstruct any entrance to any building or any stairway, or hall leading to any building. The above offense is also punishable as a violation and may include a fine not exceeding $720.00 pursuant to SMC section 1.205.
[Section 5.270 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]
Except as provided in sections 3.200 to 3.310, no person shall place or deposit upon any street, alley, sidewalk, bike path, parking lot or any other public way, any substance tending to mar the appearance, or to detract from the cleanliness or safety of the street, alley, sidewalk, bike path, parking lot or other public way. Failure to comply with this section is a civil infraction pursuant to the Springfield Municipal Code and punishable pursuant to SMC sections 5.600 to 5.626
[Section 5.272 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]
The street department of the city shall be in charge of drainage ditches, and no person shall change or obstruct the flow of water in a ditch, except under the supervision and direction of the street department. Failure to comply with this section is a civil infraction pursuant to the Springfield Municipal Code and punishable pursuant to SMC sections 5.600 to 5.626.
[Section 5.274 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]
The street rights-of-way in the city are now and have been used by individuals, firms, utilities, and corporations through and with the concurrence of the city for the construction and erection and maintenance of street lighting poles and lights, and no person shall remove from the street rights-of-way of the city any street light installed by any person or otherwise, without first obtaining the consent for the removal from the council. Failure to comply with this section is a civil infraction pursuant to the Springfield Municipal Code and punishable pursuant to SMC sections 5.600 to 5.626.
[Section 5.276 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]
No person shall:
(1) 
Destroy, modify, remove, deface, cover or otherwise alter the identification assigned to a bicycle, or a component thereof, or
(2) 
Possess a bicycle, or a component thereof, having a destroyed, defaced, covered or otherwise altered identification number.
(3) 
The offenses specified in subsections (1) and (2) are punishable as violations and may include a fine not exceeding $720.00 pursuant to SMC section 1.205.
[Section 5.278 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]
No person shall urinate or defecate in public view, or in a public place, except in a lavatory. The above offense is also punishable as a violation and may include a fine not exceeding $720.00 pursuant to SMC section 1.205.
[Section 5.279 added by Ordinance No. 5904, enacted December 7, 1998; amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006]