(A) Unless otherwise specified herein, all required trees shall be a minimum of 15 gallons in size and at least 50% of those trees must be 24-inch boxes or larger size.
(B) All shrubs shall be a minimum of five gallons in size.
(C) All 15-gallon trees must be a minimum of eight feet in height, four feet in spread and one and one-fourth-inch truck caliper at the ground level.
(D) All 24-inch boxes and larger trees shall be a minimum of ten feet in height, six feet in spread and two inch trunk caliper at the ground level.
(E) Upon approval of the Planning Director or designee, the installation of 20 square feet of vegetative groundcover in any landscaped area shall substitute for one required shrub, up to a maximum of 30% of the required shrubs in any particular landscaped area.
(F) Fifteen gallon size trees (of a non-deciduous variety) 20 feet on center shall be planted along any property lines of parcels developed for multi-family, commercial, office or industrial uses which are adjacent to or separated by an alley from any residential development or district. Minimum width of landscape buffer shall be six feet clear.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. IV, § 4-210) (Ord. 432-06, passed 6-19-2006)