Sec. 14-1-44 Landscape Plan.
If the Landscape Bufferyard Easements, areas of natural resource protection, or areas of natural resource mitigation are delineated on the Certified Survey Map, Preliminary Plat, or Condominium or are otherwise required by the Village Board, upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission and requested by the Village Board, a landscape plan for those areas shall be prepared. Ten (10) full size copies of a Landscape Plan drawn to the same scale as the Certified Survey Map, Preliminary Plat or Condominium submission shall be submitted with the Preliminary Plat or Condominium when requested by Village officials. The Landscape Plan shall be prepared on tracing cloth, reproducible drafting film, or paper of good quality at a map scale as appropriate and shall show correctly the following information:
   (a)   Proposed Name. The proposed name of the Certified Survey Map, Subdivision Plat, or Condominium.
   (b)   Location. The location of the proposed Certified Survey Map, Subdivision Plat, or Condominium.
   (c)   Names, Addresses, and Telephone Numbers of the Owners, Subdividers, Lessee and/or Developer. The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the owners, subdividers, lessee(s) and/or developer(s) of the property and of the designer of the plan.
   (d)   Site Boundary. The boundary line of the site with dimensions, indicated by a solid line, and the total land area encompassed by the site.
   (e)   Landscape Bufferyard Easements, Private Mini-Parks, and Natural Resource Mitigation Areas.
      (1)   All proposed Landscape Bufferyard Easements, private mini-parks, and/or areas of natural resource mitigation shall be clearly delineated and dimensioned on the Landscape Plan and shall be graphically shown in relation to all proposed lot lines and lots upon which said Landscape Bufferyard Easements, private mini-parks, or mitigation areas are located.
      (2)   All proposed improvements to private mini-parks (including all landscape plant materials, ground cover treatments, and play equipment) shall be clearly and graphically indicated, labeled, and dimensioned on the Landscape Plan and shall be in full compliance with the provisions of Section 14-1-83 for required private mini- park improvements. In the case of play equipment to be installed at any private mini- park, copies of the manufacturer's specifications for said play equipment shall be submitted to the Village. All Landscape Plans submitted for private mini-parks shall also require the review and approval of the Village Board, upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission, prior to the approval of any final Subdivision Plat, Condominium Plat, or Condominium.
   (f)   Location, Extent, Type, and Sizes of Existing Trees and Natural Resource Features. Location, extent, type (common and scientific name in the case of plant materials), and specific sizes of all existing trees and natural resource features in all areas of the Subdivision, Certified Survey Map, or Condominium including all areas of the Subdivision, Certified Survey Map, or Condominium designated as a Landscape Bufferyard Easement, areas of natural resource protection, and/or mitigation areas. If any existing vegetation or other natural resource features are to be demolished or mitigated, the extent of such demolition or area to be mitigated shall be clearly delineated and so noted on the Landscape Plan. The Landscape Plan shall further indicate all proposed grading and filling, ravines, bluffs, wetlands, 100-year recurrence interval floodplains, proposed building footprints ("building envelopes"), and all impervious surfaces. The Landscape Plan shall also identify any and all trees or other vegetation proposed for demolition, removal or movement.
   (g)   Location, Extent, Type, and Sizes of Proposed Landscape Materials and Plantings. Location, extent, type (common name and scientific name in the case of plant materials), and sizes of proposed landscaping and landscape plantings in all areas of the Subdivision, Certified Survey Map, or Condominium which are designated as a Landscape Bufferyard Easement, areas of natural resource mitigation, or for areas which are to serve as landscaped entrances or other special landscaped features of the Subdivision, Certified Survey Map, or Condominium shall be indicated on the Landscape Plan. All proposed ground covers shall be indicated on the Landscape Plan.
   (h)   Landscape Plant Material Specifications. All new landscape plant material shall be grown in a nursery located in Plant Hardiness Zone 4 and shall conform to the applicable requirements as specified in the current edition of American Standard for Nursery Stock as approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc. and sponsored by the American Association of Nurseryman, Inc. Botanical plant names shall be in accordance with the current edition of Standardized Plant Names prepared by the American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature. The landscape contractor shall be guided in professional and ethical matters by the "Arboculture Code" as adopted by the International Society of Arboculture.
   (i)   Natural Resource Features Mitigation Plan Required. If any natural resource feature is to be mitigated, either on-site or off-site, the plan for such mitigation in adequate detail, as required by the Village Board, upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission, shall be submitted with the Landscape Plan.
   (j)   Maintenance. Areas of a Subdivision, Certified Survey Map, or Condominium designated as landscape easement areas shall be maintained and kept free of all debris, rubbish, weeds and tall grass by the property owner or homeowners' association (whichever is applicable).