(A) Landscaped areas and plant materials required by this chapter shall be kept free from refuse and debris. Plant materials, including lawn, shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition, neat, and orderly in appearance. If any plant material required by this chapter dies or becomes diseased, they shall be replaced within 30 days of written notice from the village or within an extended time period as specified in said notice.
(B) Tree stakes, guy wires, and tree map are to be removed after one year.
(C) All landscaped areas shall be provided with a readily available and acceptable water supply, or with at least one outlet located within 100 feet of all planted material to be maintained. Frontage landscaping, boulevard medians, interior parking lot landscaped areas, and other curbed landscaped areas shall be irrigated via an underground sprinkler system.
(D) Landscaping materials and arrangement shall ensure adequate sight visibility for motorists, adequate clearance for pedestrians and vehicles, and accessibility to fire hydrants and shall not interfere with or obstruct the view of public view sheds and sight lines from rights-of-way and public property to streams, lakes, and other waterways, (see also § 157.049, “clear-vision zone”).
(E) Cul-de-sacs, site entrances, and boulevard medians shall be landscaped with species tolerant of roadside conditions in southeast Michigan.
(F) Landscape within the site shall be approved in consideration of sight distance, size of planting area, location of sidewalks, maintenance of adequate overhead clearance, accessibility to fire hydrants, visibility to approved signs of adjacent uses, compatibility with the visual character of the surrounding area, maintenance-performance guarantee, curbing around landscape areas.
(G) Plantings within 15 feet of a fire hydrant shall be no taller than six inches at maturity.
(Ord. 259, passed 10-24-1995; Ord. passed 2-1-2012) Penalty, see § 157.999