Board of Parks Commissioners

The Board of Parks Commissioners has jurisdiction over all green spaces of the city, all parks including Roger Williams Park Zoo and Roger Williams Park Museum, the North Burial Ground and other city-owned or controlled cemeteries, public recreational areas of all types including those on or adjacent to school property and all forestry functions including the setting out, care and removal of trees, shrubs and other plants on the streets of the city as well as on the properties for which it is responsible.