All unpaved spaces of ground between the property line on any street or public place, and the sidewalk abutting thereon or along the same, and all unpaved spaces of ground between any such sidewalk and the curb are declared to be public grass strips and shall be under the immediate control, care and keeping of the owners or occupants of the premises abutting thereon, and they shall be held responsible for the care and preservation thereof, and they shall sew grass seed or place sod thereon, and carefully mow the grass thereon whenever it has attained a height of six inches; and they shall see that there is no accumulation of paper, trash, filth or dirt thereon. Property owners shall be permitted to plant flowers and shrubs in the public grass strips whenever the width thereof shall permit this to be done, and to put up such temporary wire net fencing or other protection as may be approved by the Mayor for the protection of flowers, grass, shrubbery or flower seeds planted in the public grass strips. The Mayor may also grant permits to abutting property owners to plant trees of an approved kind in any of the public grass strips where, in his judgment, the strip is sufficiently wide to allow trees and they will not injure the street paving, sidewalks or sewers, but only such trees as shall be approved by the Mayor shall so be planted. No hedges exceeding eighteen inches in height shall be allowed in any public grass strip, it shall always be kept neatly trimmed and vacant spaces replanted by the abutting property owner or occupant. No public grass strip shall be lowered below the grade of the sidewalk except by permission of the Town Council.
(Ord. 08-03. Passed 12-18-08.)