Planting strips shall be improved by the abutting property owners with living or nonliving materials. Nonliving materials shall be placed within the planting strip so as to be contained therein and to not become a hazard to the persons using the sidewalk, street or pathway adjacent thereto. Vegetation placed within the planting strip shall be maintained by weeding, spraying, fertilizing, watering and draining so as to not encroach upon the sidewalk and/or walkway. Planting areas shall be maintained free and clear of debris not an integral part of the improvement of the planting strip.

Whenever a portion of a transition strip is occupied by a rockery, the abutting property owner shall maintain, repair and reconstruct all rockeries and retaining walls which have a height of less than six feet as measured from the base of the retaining wall averaged from property line to property line. (Ord. 1197 § 1, 1981)