(a) Whenever in this Zoning Code a landscaped greenbelt is required, it shall be planted prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. If the development is not completed within a growing season, a temporary certificate of occupancy shall be issued for a one-year period and a bond posted of sufficient amount to ensure the compliance with the approved landscaped greenbelt.
(b) Suitable plant materials as listed below, or equal in characteristics to these materials, with the spacing as required, shall be provided.
(1) Plant material spacing.
A. Plant materials 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 shall be planted not more than thirty feet on centers.
D. Narrow evergreens shall be planted not more than three feet on centers.
E. Deciduous trees shall be planted not more than thirty 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.
(2) Suggested plant materials.
A. Evergreen trees (minimum size: five feet in height).
1. Juniper.
2. Hemlock.
3. Fir.
4. Pine.
5. Spruce.
6. Douglas fir.
B. Narrow evergreens (minimum size: three feet in height).
1. Columnar hinoki cypress.
2. Blue columnar chinese juniper.
3. Pyramidal red cedar.
4. Swiss stone pine.
5. Pyramidal white pine.
6. Irish yew.
7. Douglas arbor-vitae.
8. Columnar giant arbor-vitae.
C. Tree-like shrubs (minimum size: four feet in height).
1. Flowering crabs.
2. Russian olives.
3. Mountain ash.
4. Dogwood.
5. Redbud.
6. Rose of Sharon.
7. Hornbeam.
8. Hawthorn.
9. Magnolia.
D. Large deciduous shrubs (minimum size: six feet in height).
1. Honeysuckle.
2. Viburnum.
3. Mock-orange.
4. Forsythia.
5. Lilac.
6. Ninebark.
7. Cotoneaster.
8. Hazelnuts.
9. Euonymus.
10. Privet.
11. Buckthorn.
12. Sumac.
E. Large deciduous trees (minimum size: eight feet in height).
1. Oaks.
2. Hard maples.
3. Hackberry.
4. Planetree (sycamore).
5. Birch.
6. Beech.
7. Ginkgo.
8. Honeylocust.
9. Sweet gum.
10. Hop hornbeam.
11. Linden.
(3) Trees not permitted.
A. Box elder.
B. Soft maples (red, silver).
C. Elms.
D. Poplars.
E. Willows.
F. Horse chestnut (nut-bearing).
G. Tree of heaven.
H. Catalpa.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79.)