Private Property Amendment Local Law 2017
172GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 12 January 2018
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172 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 12 January 2018 (c) damage a lawn or a garden or remove any plant or part of a plant from a lawn or a garden unless— (i) the person is the owner or the occupier of the lot abutting that portion of the thoroughfare and the lawn or the garden or the particular plant has not been installed or planted by the local government; or (ii) the person is acting under the authority of a written law; (d) plant any plant (except grass or a similar plant) on a thoroughfare or verge contrary to the local government’s permissible verge treatment specifications; (e) place on any footpath any fruit, fruit skins, vegetable or other substance or fluid (but not water) which may create a hazard for any person using the footpath; (f) unless at the direction of the local government, damage, remove or interfere with any signpost, direction plate, guidepost, notice, shelter, shed, fence or any structure erected on a thoroughfare owned by the local government or a person acting under the authority of a written law; (g) play or participate in any game or sport so as to cause danger to any person or thing or impede the movement of vehicles or persons on a footpath or thoroughfare; (h) within a mall, arcade or verandah of a shopping centre, ride any skateboard, rollerblades or similar device; or (i) permit, allow or maintain a tree, plant, shrub or other vegetation on private property to overhang or grow over or onto a footpath, thoroughfare or local government property in such a manner so as to cause a nuisance, hazard, obstruction or impede the movement of a person or vehicle.