(A) All landscape materials required by this chapter must be installed in accordance with standard practices of horticultural professionals and in good and workmanlike manner and must be maintained by the property owner in good condition.
(B) All applicants for landscape plan approval must file a maintenance schedule and a scope of maintenance work with the Community Development Director.
(C) Any damaged or dead trees, shrubs or ground cover must be promptly replaced.
(D) Maintenance of landscaping must include continuous operations of removal of weeds; mowing; trimming; edging; cultivation; reseeding; plant replacement; appropriate fertilization; spraying; control of pests, insects and rodents by non-toxic methods whenever possible; watering and other operations necessary to assure normal plant growth.
(E) The obligation for continuous maintenance is binding on the applicant for landscape plan approval, to any subsequent property owners or any other parties having a controlling interest in the property.
(Prior Code, § 163.16) (Ord. 12-172, passed 3-27-2012) Penalty, see § 162.99