§ 156.066 LANDSCAPING REQUIRED.
   (A)   Landscaping defined. Landscaping shall include any or a combination of the following trees, ornamental shrubs, earthen berms, flowers, ground cover, plant materials, sod, mulch, grass, decorative rock, or bark.
Trees Recommended for the Durant Area
Common Name
Botanical Name
Evergreen/
Deciduous
Height/
Width
Soil
Water
Exposure
Trees Recommended for the Durant Area
Common Name
Botanical Name
Evergreen/
Deciduous
Height/
Width
Soil
Water
Exposure
   Small Trees
Amur Maple
Acer ginnala
D
20' x 15'
MC, PD
L
S, PSH
Callery Pear
Pyrus calleryana
D
25' x 35'
MD
M
S
Crepe Myrtle
Lagerstoremia indica
D
15' x 10'
MD
L
S, PSH
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus flordia
D
25' x 25'
MD
M
PSH
Holly, Possumhaw
Ilex decidua
D
15' x 10'
PD
MM
S, PSH
Purpleleaf Plum
Prunus cerasifera
D
20' x 10'
MD
M
S
Redbud*
Cercix canadensis
D
20' x 15'
MD
L
S, PSH
Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia soulangiana
D
20' x 10'
WD
M
PSH
Shantung Maple
Acer truncatum
D
25' x 25'
MD
M
S, PSH
Smoke Tree
Cotinus eoggyria
D
15' x 10'
MD
L
S
*Official state tree of Oklahoma
   Medium Trees
Ash, Green
Fraxinus Pennsylvanica
D
60' x 40'
MD
M
S
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
D
60' x 30'
MD, PD
L
S
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
D
50' x 30'
MD
M
S
Caddo Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
D
50' x 40'
MD
L
S
Chinese Pistachio
Pistacia chinensis
D
40' x 30'
MD
L
S
Honeylocust (thornless)
Gleditsiatriacathos
D
50' x 30'
MD
M
S
Kentucky Coffee Tree, Male
Gymnocladous dioica
D
50' x 30'
MD
M
S
Lacebark Elm
Ulmusparvifolia
D
50' x 35'
MD, PD
L
S, PSH
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
D
50' x 20'
MD
M
S
Sassafrass
Sassafras albidum
D
40' x 30'
MD
M
S
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
E
50' x 35'
MD
M
S, PSH
   Large Trees
Burr Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
D
70' x 70'
MD
M
S
Gingk
Gingko bilboa
D
80' x 60'
MD, WD
M
S
Live Oak
Quercus virdiniana
E
40' x 70'
MD, WD
M, L
S
Pecan
Carya illinoensis
D
80' x 40'
MD
L
S
Shumard Red Oak
Quercus shumardii
D
80' x 50'
MD
L
S
Sweet Gum
Liquidambar styraciflua
D
80' x 50'
MD
L
S
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
D
70' x 80'
MD
M
S
Key:
Soil:      MD =Moderately drained
PD = Tolerates poor drainage   
WD = Well-drained
Water:      L = Low   
M = Moderate
Exposure:   S = Sun
PSH = Part shade
Undesirable Trees for Planting:
Russian Olive
Fruitless Mulberry   
Silver Maple
Non-native Pines
Poplar      
Bradford Pear   
Tree of Heaven
 
   (B)   Landscaping. All new construction will have landscaping adjacent to the frontage of building on any street or public right-of-way in commercially and residentially zoned properties. The landscaping will be at least 5% of the total gross area of the lot. A drawing and/or description of the landscaping will be submitted with the site plan or building permit.
   (C)   Landscape dumpsters. Trash dumpsters on commercial property subject to public view will be screened by buildings, fences, walls, berms, or landscape buffers.
   (D)   Clear sight triangle. Landscaping shall not be obstructing traffic visibility at street intersections or at access points to streets.
(Prior Code, § 157.061) (Ord. 1490, passed 1-10-2006)