The planting and removal of all trees within parkway areas shall be subject to approval by a permit from the City and shall conform to the requirements of the Master Plan of Parkway Trees. No vegetation shall be planted, cultivated, or allowed to exist within any right-of-way which produces thorns, spines, or any form of fruit or other growth which may constitute a hazard or grievous nuisance.
Any ground cover or shrubbery cultivated in a parkway area shall not be permitted to grow above eighteen (18) inches in height or be permitted to spread over the adjoining pavement, curb, or sidewalk. The cultivation of any ground cover not suited to foot traffic shall be allowed only under the following conditions: in addition to the standard sidewalk, where such sidewalk is not adjacent to the curb, a sidewalk not less than eighteen (18) inches wide shall be provided adjacent to the curb with a connecting sidewalk not less than twenty-four (24) inches wide between it and the standard sidewalk, located at or near the middle of each curbside parking space. This provision shall not apply where parking is prohibited.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner, occupant, or person having charge or control of property to plant grass and/or groundcover, as well as to sufficiently water, trim, and otherwise maintain all vegetation within the abutting parkway, including trimming of trees to provide a minimum clearance of eight (8) feet from grade. The City shall be responsible for all divider-median parkway maintenance, for all major pruning or other tree surgery, and for all pruning of parkway trees which cannot be pruned from the ground.
(§ 1, Ord. 1879, eff. February 5, 1976, as amended by § 2, Ord. 2740, eff. July 5, 2001)