(A) All exposed ground areas, including street boulevards and areas not devoted to off-street parking, drives, sidewalks, patios or other improvements shall be landscaped with grass, shrubs, trees or other ornamental landscape materials within one year following the certificate of occupancy is issued.
(B) All landscaped areas shall be maintained by the property owner and kept neat, clear and uncluttered, and where landscaping is required as part of city approvals, any plant material which is diseased or dies shall be replaced with like kind of the original size.
(C) Fences and/or plantings placed upon utility easements are subject to removal by the city or utility company if required for maintenance or improvement of the utility. In that case, costs for removal and replacement shall be the responsibility of the property owner. Trees on utility easements containing overhead wires shall not exceed 15 feet in height, and the trees shall be the property owner's responsibility to maintain.
(Prior Code, § 11-20-3) (Ord. 258, passed 5-4-2006)