(a) Required yards and all other portions of the lot not covered by permitted structures shall be landscaped with grass, trees, shrubbery and/or other appropriate ground cover or landscaping material, which at all times shall be pruned, trimmed, and maintained in good and healthy condition.
(b) All landscaping materials shall be installed and maintained according to accepted nursery industry procedures. The property owner shall be responsible for continued, perpetual maintenance of all landscaping materials, and shall keep them in a proper, neat and orderly appearance, free from refuse, debris, and noxious and unsightly weeds at all times.
(c) All unhealthy or dead plant material shall be replaced within one year, or by the next planting period, whichever comes first; while other defective landscape material shall be replaced or repaired within three (3) months. Replacement material shall conform to the original intent of the landscaping and buffer plan.
(d) Violation of installation provisions or failure to maintain the landscaping shall constitute a violation of this Code. Such violation shall be grounds for the Chief Building Official to require replacement of the landscape material or initiate legal proceedings to enforce the provisions of this resolution.
(Ord. 2016-07-24. Passed 8-3-16.)