A. The town encourages all property owners to beautify the parkway areas adjacent to their property. The improvements include, but are not limited to: Portland cement concrete sidewalks, trees and shrubs, planters and gravel or rock.

B. When consideration is being given to beautify a parkway area, the property owner must consider the safety of the pedestrians, possibility of underground utilities (present and future), vehicular traffic and obstructions to traffic signs as well as line-of-sight (as with corner lots). Accordingly, a property owner wishing to beautify the adjacent parkway area shall submit a plan or sketch showing the proposed improvement (with distances and dimensions indicated) to the town engineer together with a notarized statement saving the town harmless from damages and, if required, an insurance policy covering any injury or liability which might occur due to these improvements. Upon approval by the town engineer, the owner will then obtain the necessary permits to do the work.

C. By this chapter, it is the duty of such property owners seeking to beautify parkway areas adjacent to their property as provided for in this section, to keep trees, bushes or plants trimmed in such manner that the same will not interfere with reasonable vehicular use of such street, alley or parkway. Maintenance of said parkway areas shall be the responsibility of the abutting property owner who has sought to beautify said adjacent parkway areas.