(A) The Board of Parks and Recreation shall have the exclusive power to order, control, and regulate the planting, trimming, maintaining, and removing of shade trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, hedges, and plants along the boulevards, streets, avenues, and other public ways of the city. The Board shall also have the power to take over and control the improvement, maintenance, and embellishment of all lawns, street centers, and parkways in and along the boulevards, streets, avenues, and other public ways of the city.
(B) The Board shall have the right and power to compel the owner of lots and parcels of land bordering on boulevards, streets, avenues, and other public ways to plant, trim, protect, and maintain shade trees, and to sod, plant, and maintain lawns, street centers, and parkways upon first adopting a resolution and upon proceeding in the manner provided by law.
(C) The Board may make arrangements with property owners to make the improvements mentioned in this section, by private contract, at the expense of the owner, without levying assessments as the Board is empowered to do by law.
(D) (1) The Board of Parks and Recreation, with the cooperation of the Board of Public Works, is authorized to order the planting, maintaining, and protecting of shade trees and parkways along the residence streets of the city, under the same regulations and in the same manner as grading, paving, and other improvements of streets and sidewalks are now constructed and maintained.
(2) The expense of the same shall be a lien on lots and parcels of ground so improved in the same manner and to the same extent as liens for street improvements.
(E) The Board of Parks and Recreation and the Board of Public Works shall cooperate at all times to beautify the city.
(Prior Code, § 99.01)