(A) A landscaped street yard shall be required for all activities subject to the requirements of this subchapter.
(B) Street yards shall conform to the requirements outlined below.
(1) Street yards shall be installed along all streets and located within 20 feet of the edge of the right-of-way.
(2) Street yard planting areas shall be a minimum of ten feet in width.
(3) Each streetyard shall contain a minimum of five trees and 20 shrubs per 100 linear feet of road frontage, excluding the width of driveways as measured at the right-of-way line.
(a) Each tree planted shall be a minimum of two DBH at the time of installation. Each shrub planted shall be a minimum of 18 inches in height at the time of installation and reach a minimum height of 36 inches within three years of installation.
(b) Trees and shrubs must be native species. No more than 50% of the shrubs planted to meet this requirement may be deciduous.
(c) Trees and shrubs must be distributed throughout the streetyard planting area as evenly as possible.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018) Penalty, see § 152.999