§ 17-1732 Trees and shrubs and shade tree commission. In any such
village the board of trustees may annually raise by taxation and
appropriate and expend for planting, care and preservation of trees and
shrubs in and upon the public highways and public places thereof a sum
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, except that the village of
Scarsdale may raise by taxation and expend for the purposes of this
section such sum as may be necessary and appropriate therefor; and in
any such village the board of trustees may regulate the planting,
maintenance, protection and control of shade trees upon the public
highways or public places of such village, and for that purpose shall
have power to enact, amend and repeal an ordinance or ordinances,
providing for the appointment of a shade tree commission (which may be
the village planning commission) and for the planting, care,
preservation, maintenance, protection and control of shade trees and
shrubs upon the public highways or public places of such village, and
for the enforcement thereof by fines and penalties. Every such ordinance
shall provide that the members of such shade tree commission serve
without compensation.