(1) Plan Preparation:
A. Landscaping plans shall be prepared by a landscape architect, a landscape designer or a qualified nursery person.
B. Landscape plans shall be stamped by a licensed landscape architect.
(2) Plan Requirements:
A. Detailed plan at a scale no smaller than one inch equals fifty feet (1" = 50'). (Ord. 2661, 1-7-2008)
B. If off street parking and/or bicycle parking is applicable, the following must be shown:
1. All required individual parking and bicycle parking and loading spaces with typical dimensions.
2. A note listing the required number of parking spaces and bicycle parking spaces.
3. A note listing the provided number of parking spaces and bicycle parking spaces. The provided number of parking spaces and bicycle parking spaces shall equal or exceed the required number of parking spaces and bicycle parking spaces. (Ord. 2805, 11-2-2009)
4. Circulation area required to serve the parking spaces with typical dimensions.
C. Note indicating the presence, or lack thereof, of existing trees, shrubs, etc.
D. Approximate size and type of any existing trees, shrubs, etc., that will remain, if any.
E. Note indicating the presence, or lack thereof, of existing structures and whether or not said structures will remain.
F. Location of major pathways with width and type of paving identified.
G. Location of micro pathways with width and type of paving identified.
H. Five foot (5') wide landscape strips on each side of the major and micro pathways clearly identified with types, number and placement of trees, shrubs, vegetative and nonvegetative ground cover.
I. All open space clearly delineated (using hatching, shading, coloring, etc.) so it is readily identifiable.
J. Percentage of open space in relationship to the gross area of the project through note form.
K. Location and types of equipment proposed for recreational use.
L. Location and types of new structures for recreational use (i.e., gazebos, water features, playhouses, picnic areas, etc.).
M. Location of school bus stop areas within a common lot or common easement.
N. Location and width of all street landscape buffers, parking landscaping areas, landscaped buffers between different uses.
O. Location and description of other landscape improvements including, but not limited to, earth berms, walls, trash enclosures, specialty lighting, required fences (include type and color of new fencing material, height of new fence and location of any new fencing to be placed on the project). If there is existing fencing on the project, indicate whether or not the existing fencing will remain. If the existing fencing is to remain, indicate the type and color of the existing fencing material, height of the existing fence and location of the existing fence.
P. Locations, descriptions, types and numbers of landscaping products to be installed in all landscaping areas.
Q. Note indicating the type of irrigation system and its water source.
R. Plant legend, to include the botanical and common name of all proposed plants and their location, quantity, spacing and size and installation detail of all landscape material.
S. Note indicating that certification must be provided to the city that all of the trees or plants installed are free from disease and are not toxic, poisonous or otherwise a nuisance.
T. Note or detail regarding the landscaping and/or weed maintenance of all irrigation, drainage and utility easements and/or rights of way.
U. Location of riparian, wildlife and/or jurisdictional wetlands with a summary of the method(s) of preserving said areas.
V. Riparian habitat management plan with an approval letter of said plan from all stakeholder agencies.
W. Wildlife preservation and mitigation plan with an approval letter of said plan from all stakeholder agencies.
(3) Plan Submittal:
A. One eight and one-half by eleven (81/2 x 11) copy and one eleven by seventeen (11 x 17) copy.
B. Completed and signed landscaping plan application. (Ord. 2661, 1-7-2008)
(4) Plan Modifications: Once the landscaping plan has been approved by planning and zoning department staff, no modifications can be made to the plan nor can field changes be made without first resubmitting the landscaping plan with a detailed explanation of the requested modification(s). Approved changes to the landscape plan must be documented prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy or certificate of compliance, whichever is applicable. (Ord. 2805, 11-2-2009)