A. 1. The owner of any lot, parcel of ground or tract of land shall be responsible for the condition and upkeep of that portion of any street or public right-of-way abutting upon his or her property and not used as a roadway for vehicular traffic. This section, however, shall not apply to the center parkways on boulevards. The property owner shall keep all weeds cut on his or her parkways, and is granted the right to make the same into grass plots and lawns and to plant and maintain shrubs, flowers and trees, under the supervision of the superintendent of parks, for the purpose of beautifying the city streets. The owner may prohibit pedestrian traffic thereon, except on concrete sidewalks where concrete sidewalks exist. When concrete sidewalks have not been installed, pedestrians may walk on parkways and shall not walk in streets. This shall not be construed to authorize pedestrian traffic in areas where dedicated streets have not been opened to travel.
2. The property owner shall keep the grass cut in a neat and satisfactory manner, and shall not place or allow to grow any shrub, tree or plant of any kind so as to interfere with the view of the driver of any vehicle traveling on any roadway or in any alley.
B. No parkway shall be fenced or otherwise enclosed, and the city reserves the right to remove, or order the removal of, at any time, all trees, shrubs and other plants, where necessary, in order to construct or widen sidewalks, or to widen the roadway used for vehicular traffic, or where the trees or shrubs interfere with the vision of the drivers of motor vehicles on the streets or in the alleys. (Ord. 714 (part), 2012; Ord. 693 (part), 2011)