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Whenever a site plan requires screening and/or landscaping, the applicant shall deposit with the City a cash or corporate surety bond, irrevocable bank letter of credit or any other security deemed acceptable by the City in the full amount of such improvement for the faithful completion of such improvement. When such screening improvement and/or landscaping requires landscaped earth berms or planted or natural vegetation screening, such bond shall continue for two years following the completion and inspection of all planting to ensure that all unhealthy and dead plant material shall be replaced, and the bond shall be released only after there has been a site inspection and a determination made that the screening has been planted as planned. The applicant shall provide a cost estimate on the site plan indicating the full amount of such improvement.
The Commission or official approving the site plan may waive or reduce the requirements of this division upon determining that the following would apply:
(a) The purpose of this division cannot be met; and
(b) Compliance with the requirements would impose a practical difficulty on the applicant or would create safety hazards to pedestrians or motorists.
Wherever in this Chapter screening, planting and/or material in conjunction with an obscuring fence is required, it shall be planted within six months from the date of issuance of a temporary certificate of occupancy and shall thereafter be reasonably maintained with permanent plant materials to provide a screen to abutting properties. Suitable materials equal in characteristics to the plant materials listed in this Chapter with the spacing as required in this Chapter shall be
provided.
Spacing of plant materials required under this Chapter shall be as follows:
(a) Trees and large shrubs shall not be placed closer than four feet from the fence line or property line.
(b) Where plant materials are planted in two or more rows, planting shall be staggered in rows.
(c) Evergreen trees, as defined in Section 1136.20, shall be planted not more than 30 feet on centers.
(d) Narrow evergreens, as defined in Section 1136.20, shall be planted not more than three feet on centers.
(e) Deciduous trees shall be planted not more than 30 feet on centers.
(f) Tree-like shrubs shall be planted not more than ten feet on centers.
(g) Large deciduous shrubs shall be planted not more than four feet on centers.
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