(A) Landscape plan. A landscape plan shall be prepared, submitted and approved for all applicable development projects in accordance with the procedures, design standards and requirements set forth in this Development Code.
(B) Plan submittal. Three copies of the landscape plan shall be submitted to the Planning Director or designee for review and approval, and shall include the following information:
(1) The location and identification of all proposed landscape areas (on-site, street right-of-way, parking area, landscape buffers and others);
(2) Data pertaining to the amount of net site area, the ground floor areas of all proposed buildings, the number of required and proposed parking spaces and the amount of all proposed landscaped areas, required and provided;
(3) The location of all proposed trees, shrubs and other landscape materials and improvements;
(4) Notes or graphical representations adequately showing the intent of the proposed plans and materials and indicating how those plans will comply with this Development Code;
(5) The location, height, type and general design and finish of all proposed walls and other screenings;
(6) The location of all proposed storm water retention areas;
(7) A specific schedule of all trees and shrubs identified by common and botanical name and the quantity and size of each tree and shrub to be installed; and
(8) All changes in landscape plans or landscaping on-site before, during or after preliminary or final landscape plan approval shall be approved by the Planning Director or designee prior to the installation of any landscape change.
(C) Design standards. Each site to be developed shall be required to provide landscape areas and amounts equal to or exceeding the following minimum amounts:
(1) Each site of a multi-family use shall have a minimum of 20% of the net site and/or lot area in landscaping.
(2) Each site of commercial use shall have a minimum of 15% of the net site and/or lot area in landscaping.
(3) Each site of industrial use shall have a minimum of 10% of the net site in landscaping.
(4) In addition to the minimum on-site landscaping, there shall be landscaping in the entire area of the right-of-way, between the property line and back of street curb except for approved driveways, walkways and bike paths.
(5) Landscape designs shall be compatible with adjacent properties.
(D) On-site water retention areas. All on-site water retention areas, other than paved surfaces, shall be entirely landscaped and shall comply with the following criteria:
(1) The retention areas shall not occupy more than 50% of the on-site street frontage landscape area;
(2) All retention areas shall maintain slopes no steeper than 6:1 when adjacent to public rights-of-way, or when there is pedestrian type access to that portion of the basin. Side slopes adjacent to walls, fences, hedges and the like (i.e., no or limited pedestrian type access in that area) may have side slopes up to 4:1; and
(3) All mounding and berming shall have slopes no steeper than 4:1.
(E) Parking areas. All parking areas shall incorporate the following elements:
(1) Landscape islands, with raised concrete curbing to define parking lot entrances, aisles and ends of all parking aisles;
(2) Landscape islands to separate rows of more than 15 parking spaces;
(3) Each landscape island shall be a minimum of three feet in total width including curbing and equal 75% of the length of the parking stall(s); and
(4) Each landscape island shall include a minimum of one tree of 15-gallon size and five shrubs of five-gallon size for each parking stall length.
(F) Vegetative ground cover. A minimum of 50% of the landscaped areas are to be planted with vegetative ground cover. Minimum size and spacing to be one gallon size plants at a maximum three feet on center.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. IV, § 4-208) (Ord. 432-06, passed 6-19-2006)